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A cosmic "black eye" shines from 17 million light-years away! M64 (or the Black Eye galaxy) resides in the constellation Coma Berenices. Get your telescope handy, as this galaxy is best observed in the month of May! Explore more: https://t.co/cX296f6ZNm #GalaxiesGalore https://t.co/T5fN7CIED6

We asked an expert all about space botany. Spoiler alert: it involves potatoes. From successful experiments to future techniques to grow crops on the Moon and Mars, we cover it all in the latest episode of the #GravityAssist podcast. Listen or read along: https://t.co/zfO7MveZBk https://t.co/wAT0acfVEO

90 years ago today, exactly five years after Charles Lindbergh's groundbreaking transatlantic flight, Amelia Earhart made history of her own. She became the second pilot and first woman to complete a nonstop solo transatlantic flight. #IdeasThatDefy https://t.co/fqNAzBVKQ8

Boeing’s Starliner capsule finally reached the International Space Station Friday night with a “nail-biting” docking, overcoming glitches to achieve a long-delayed test objective before NASA clears it to fly astronauts. 📷 @AstroSamantha / @serg_korsakov https://t.co/VewEfFpQk3 https://t.co/3bkYoXZ9A3

Expedition 67 astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the @Space_Station entered #Starliner for the first time today. The crew welcomed the spacecraft, began unloading the cargo and honored the teams working to make #OFT2 happen. https://t.co/aJsUMMZqnw

M101 the Pinwheel Galaxy. DSLR!

When Amelia Earhart made history on this day in 1932, she was flying this Lockheed Vega, affectionately called the Little Red Bus. Take a look inside the aircraft she flew solo nonstop across the Atlantic: https://t.co/0w2PvCzxEQ https://t.co/VgyQh501OB

From my terrace in Southern India .

The Big Dipper asterism

CAPSTONE Uses Gravity on Unusual, Efficient Route to the Moon

Video game character becomes real 'Kerbalnaut' on Boeing Starliner https://t.co/pBqfTsi4OR https://t.co/C5hQIiZbFA

I wish @Youtube would let me watch at 3X speed. 2X just isn't fast enough for some videos.

Ever noticed that Spirit of St. Louis doesn't have a front window? Unable to see directly ahead, Charles Lindbergh had to use a periscope (pictured on the right) or turn the aircraft to look out a side window. As a bonus effect, the cold air helped him stay awake. #AirSpacePhoto https://t.co/7fbGeBCV6t

AR3014 is one of the largest sunspots in years. Stretching more than 125,000 km from end to end, that is almost 10 times our planet diameter. (Credit: Maximilian Teodorescu)

This morning I finally got to see Saturn again