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What a catch! This #HubbleClassic image from 2005 shows the Boomerang Nebula, made of two lobes of matter being ejected from one central star. Learn more about this nebula: https://t.co/f98rfXgmZN https://t.co/VVuo1nya1a

Shuttle Endeavour Flight Deck [1050 x 699]

Photos from Crew-5's return to Earth after more than five months on the International Space Station

Island universe - a spiral galaxy around 30 thousand light-years across located only about 21 million light-years beyond the stars of the Milky Way. Along with a bright central core, this stunning galaxy portrait.

Ingenuity has completed Flight 47! The #MarsHelicopter traveled 1,443 ft (440 m) across the Martian surface for 146 seconds at a max. altitude of 40 ft (12 m). https://t.co/1CXIWdYIAQ https://t.co/239sYmmUee

Are you watching our 24/7 livestreams from the @Space_Station? Check out our around-the-clock views of Earth from 250 miles (425 km) up: https://t.co/Z5ymT0Cb9r ...and high-def videos from the station's Node 2 camera: https://t.co/vfI8CRBFVg https://t.co/FztmhzBdIO

Rocket Lab is targeting no earlier than Wednesday, March 15, for their next launch attempt of Electron from Wallops, with a 6-8 p.m. EDT launch window. We continue to keep a close eye on the weather, so stay tuned for updates. https://t.co/Z7Q3nG7qDA

After Crew-5’s departure, the Exp 68 crew worked on immune system studies and space botany, and Crew-6, the newest station residents, also had time to adjust to life in space.https://t.co/8CGF7GMIRj

Scientists believe there's an enormous internal ocean swirling under Europa's icy outer shell. New models suggest this water may be pushing the ice shell along, speeding up and slowing down the rotation of the moon’s icy shell over time: https://t.co/NmOUP25qPr https://t.co/RqDBuxkcR6

Astronomer Percival Lowell was born on this day in 1855. Lowell successfully predicted Pluto's orbit, years before it was discovered. And it was with Lowell's Zeiss blink comparator that Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930. https://t.co/cnbAqp8Ejo

NASA wants new 'deorbit tug' to bring space station down in 2030 https://t.co/yZoyIqmtXE https://t.co/BKNyNbpIOm

NASA planning to spend up to $1 billion on space station deorbit module https://t.co/nP8l6L9bRT

Watch 4K highlights of a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster launching and landing at Cape Canaveral on a mission to deploy 40 satellite for OneWeb: https://t.co/Mezkiqh6n4

On this day in 1969, command module "Gumdrop" splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean, the successful completion of the Apollo 9 mission. https://t.co/Qubnx5HVj8

Took this while camping. Amateur, but pretty. (iPhone 13)