Dark matter, although invisible, makes up most of the universe’s mass and creates its underlying structure. via NASA https://ift.tt/35i4vgE
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Thursday, April 30, 2020
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Mars Helicopter to Fly on NASA’s Next Red Planet Rover Mission
The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020. via NASA https://ift.tt/3bOe0GT
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
30 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope
On April 25, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the cargo bay of space shuttle Discovery. via NASA https://ift.tt/2y6EiFF
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Monday, April 27, 2020
NASA Joins the Fight Against COVID-19
On Friday, April 24, 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine visited the White House to brief President Trump on NASA’s fight to alleviate COVID-19. via NASA https://ift.tt/2KDmoNp
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Friday, April 24, 2020
Space Station Crew Snaps an Image of the Susquehanna River
The Susquehanna River cuts through the folds of the Valley-and-Ridge province of the Appalachian Mountains in this photograph taken by the crew of the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/2xVzL90
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Thursday, April 23, 2020
An Otherworldly-Looking Bombetoka Bay, Madagascar
On the northwestern coast of Madagascar, the salty waters of the Mozambique Channel penetrate inland to join with the freshwater outflow of the Betsiboka River, forming Bombetoka Bay. via NASA https://ift.tt/34X6O8G
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
The Black Marble: Our Planet in Brilliant Darkness
This image is one of several global images of the Earth at night released in 2017. via NASA https://ift.tt/3eFAT0Z
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
The Gulf Stream in Infrared
This image shows a small portion of the Gulf Stream off of South Carolina as it appeared in infrared data collected by the Landsat 8 satellite in April 2013. via NASA https://ift.tt/2RY6Zvj
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Monday, April 20, 2020
The Blue Marble: The View From Apollo 17
Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, people around the world marked the first Earth Day. via NASA https://ift.tt/3eCY1xa
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Friday, April 17, 2020
Jessica Meir and Her Crewmates Return Safely from the Space Station
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir gives a thumbs up after she, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan landed in their Soyuz MS-15. via NASA https://ift.tt/3ajabYu
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Thursday, April 16, 2020
Kepler-1649c: Earth-Size, Habitable Zone Planet Hides in Plain Sight
This artist’s illustration shows what Kepler-1649c could look like from its surface. via NASA https://ift.tt/34MXwfp
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Checkpoint: OSIRIS-REx Practices Sample Collection
This image shows sample site Nightingale Crater, OSIRIS-REx’s primary sample collection site on asteroid Bennu. via NASA https://ift.tt/3b9y8CN
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Monday, April 13, 2020
NASA ‘Optometrists’ Verify Mars Perseverance Rover’s 20/20 Vision
Equipped with visionary science instruments, the Mars Perseverance rover underwent an “eye” exam after several cameras were installed. via NASA https://ift.tt/3bhhd1z
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Friday, April 10, 2020
Imagining Apollo 13 on the Lunar Surface
Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970, on a journey to become the third crew to land on the Moon. The crew never made it. via NASA https://ift.tt/2wyrnf0
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Thursday, April 9, 2020
Launching the Next Crew to the Space Station
The Soyuz MS-16 lifts off from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, April 9, 2020. via NASA https://ift.tt/2JQapM3
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Assembling the X-59 QueSST Wing
The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, wing assembly is lifted by a crane and moved to another area of the manufacturing floor in preparation for wing skin installation. via NASA https://ift.tt/2USFIMv
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Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Cardiac Research on the Space Station
Aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir conducts cardiac research inside the Life Sciences Glovebox. via NASA https://ift.tt/34kQo9H
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Monday, April 6, 2020
Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation in Infrared
In this Hubble Space Telescope image, researchers has revisited one of Hubble’s most iconic and popular images: the Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation. via NASA https://ift.tt/3dYT0hY
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Friday, April 3, 2020
Hubble Captures a Cannibal Galaxy
This remarkable spiral galaxy, known as NGC 4651, may look serene and peaceful as it swirls in the vast, silent emptiness of space, but don’t be fooled — it keeps a violent secret. via NASA https://ift.tt/2JxQd1s
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Thursday, April 2, 2020
Rosette Nebula Gives Birth to Stars
This 2010 image from the Herschel Space Observatory shows dust clouds associated with the Rosette Nebula, a stellar nursery about 5,000 light-years from Earth in the Monoceros, or Unicorn, constellation. via NASA https://ift.tt/3aOfQa0
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Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Klotho and Lina
Appearing as strings of orange dots, the brightest sets of dots belong to asteroids Klotho and Lina. Both orbit out in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. via NASA https://ift.tt/3dOjZwA
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