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8 hours agoLike synapses firing in a brain, this nighttime image was captured by crew members aboard the International Space Station (@ISS). Taken 258 miles abov
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YesterdayEven from three billion miles away, Pluto still knows how to be romantic. On Jul. 13, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft sent us this love note of one
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2 days agoIt’s so hard to say goodbye! 👋 Designed to last just 90 Martian days and travel 1,100 yards, our Mars Opportunity rover explored the surface of
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3 days agoWho has the range? Astronauts, that’s who! In this view, astronauts captured the cloud-covered Pacific coast of the South American nation of Chile
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5 days agoSand dunes...on Mars! 🔴 With an elongated crescent form, these "barchan dunes" are located near Nili Patera and are formed by the continuous action
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6 days agoThe @NASAHubble Space Telescope doesn’t usually get much assistance from its celestial subjects — but to take this image, the telescope opted for
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2 weeks agoEach year, we hold a Day of Remembrance. Today, #NASARemembers the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other coll
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2 weeks agoWhen four giant galaxy clusters collide, the aftermath reveals brilliant magenta swirls of hot gas from optical and radio data. At a distance of about
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2 weeks agoSpirals! The Triangulum Galaxy, seen here, is a spiral galaxy about 3 million light years from Earth belonging to the group of galaxies that includes
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2 weeks agoWe hope you’re having a Stellar Saturday! 🌟 A glimpse from the @NASAHubble Space Telescope reveals an ancient, glimmering ball of stars. This gl
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2 weeks ago🔎 Beautiful landforms of Mars! The camera (@UAHiRISE) aboard our Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft zooms in for a close look at a Martian cra
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3 weeks agoSailing over the Caribbean! From 252 miles above, the International Space Station (@ISS) sails over the Atlantic Ocean 🌊. Visible in this photo by
