Space Contents Archive

The most powerful solar telescope in the world, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope reveals its first super high resolution (18 km per pixel) of the Sun's chromosphere

A Cosmic Tarantula, Caught by NASA’s Webb

Digital creators: Last call to cover the #Crew5 launch to the @Space_Station! Applications close today, Sept. 6 at 3pm ET (19:00 UTC). Let us know why you should get behind-the-scenes event access. Liftoff will be no earlier than Oct. 3: https://t.co/vp1tQiXEzC https://t.co/A05pGkreNF

A Striking Crater on Jupiter's Moon Ganymede

A tarantula was caught by @NASAWebb 🕸️ Astronomers focused 3 of Webb’s high-resolution infrared instruments on this star-forming region, nicknamed the Tarantula Nebula. MIRI (Mid-infrared instrument) captured protostars nestled deep in the clouds and gas. https://t.co/vxkpn04wOX https://t.co/WRbaxSqRZW

Hello out there, Palomar 2! In this #HubbleClassic image, an unusual globular cluster shines. Most clusters orbit the centers of galaxies, but this one is about five times further away from the center of our Milky Way than other clusters. For more info: https://t.co/1XcBKhj9um https://t.co/NMtcy33EOD

James Webb Space Telescope catches mind-boggling image of baby stars in Tarantula Nebula https://t.co/fmryaV8VBH https://t.co/1DAvBRTHZH

NGC 7380 – The Wizard Nebula in artificial SHO

#TDIH in 1958: President Eisenhower authorized planning to build a museum on the National Mall between Fourth and Seventh Streets: the National Air Museum (that's us!) Ground was broken on the site in 1972. https://t.co/Hy3rYIS90Y

Our #DARTMission will crash into a non-hazardous asteroid on purpose on Sept. 26 as the world's 1st planetary defense test. But how will we know it worked? To find out, we visited @LowellObs, one of many observatories globally that will monitor the impact. https://t.co/TJn4hq8QKW https://t.co/vAJlUUU3Ax

Thanks for following along these past few weeks as we celebrated 45 years of @NASAVoyager. Want just a little more? Let's test your #Voyager knowledge!

Discovery suggests red supergiant Betelgeuse was actually yellow 2,000 years ago https://t.co/aFtwc7lFGb https://t.co/hPvbtsxdJO

An Ariane 5 rocket is set to launch Wednesday from French Guiana — a day later than planned due to poor weather Tuesday — with a Eutelsat-owned satellite designed to beam broadband internet signals across Europe from a position in geostationary orbit. https://t.co/q7lgL9vCNb https://t.co/l59ROWuS56

Artificial Gravity Provides Partial Protection for Biology in Space

Training for 🌑 missions: how do we do it? @Astro_Stephanie and @Astro_Alex train to become field scientists on lunar and martian-like terrain through @esa's Pangaea course. → https://t.co/YI1WBdfb2z https://t.co/mi3vuC9mR0