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Curiosity Finds a Martian 'Flower'

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Signs Of DNA Mutations Found In Blood Of Astronauts

I went to Croatia to photograph the core of our Galaxy

Callisto view

Telescope Astronomy community outreach night at a local ciderworks brewery.

Robots are often thought of as stiff and inorganic, but we’re taking a different approach with soft robotics. In this new @NASASTEM video, learn from a NASA engineer and intern about this field, which takes inspiration from life around us on land and sea. https://t.co/CcvyaIC4ht https://t.co/dMohfQmc1U

It's gone, forever. https://t.co/I77FmoIOnj https://t.co/pQnK9ItOsj

Was recommended I post this here. It's been cloudy as of late so here is a Lunar composite made with images I have taken recently.

Two Falcon 9 rockets are standing on SpaceX's launch pads at Kennedy Space Center and at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. One is set for launch at 9:10pm EDT (0110 GMT) tonight, followed by another launch at 10:53pm EDT (0253 GMT) tomorrow night. https://t.co/i0a3hKVIAr https://t.co/8kcsnr1FsK

One ring to rule them all... This is Shapley 1, also known as the Fine Ring Nebula, observed with our VLT in Chile. Why does it look like that? Find out: https://t.co/HcyjC0jxHp Credit: @ESO https://t.co/0HGH9T3dEh

Harvest Moon continues this evening, rising at sunset and setting at sunrise. Not that you asked, but the Moon is spiraling away from Earth at about 1.5in (4cm) per year. In response, Earth’s rotation is slowing down, requiring occasional leap seconds -- twenty-seven since 1972.

An international team of astronomers has discovered two new super-Earths orbiting a distant ultracool dwarf star located 100 light-years away from Earth. https://t.co/glZKPfEUon https://t.co/7uUTLtrzWp

Although Vought F4U Corsairs didn't have many air-to-air encounters during the Korean War, Marine pilot Jesse Folmar destroyed a MiG-15 in aerial combat over Korea while flying a Corsair #OTD in 1952. 📷: Vought F4U-1D Corsair in our collection https://t.co/PS36s7G2Av

#OTD in 2018, images of Hurricane Florence were captured by @NASA_Astronauts on the @Space_Station. It was one of 3 massive hurricanes ripping through the Atlantic that week! Can you name the other 2? More views of Florence from space from @NASAEarth: https://t.co/2DBGN30ZIz https://t.co/RSonq3xYlu