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    5 hours ago

    Gravity waves propagating outward from deep convection associated with a off the Carolina coast. infrared imagery.

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    6 hours ago

    Meanwhile, back on Mars... I’m checking out these stick-like figures. Each is about a quarter-inch long. Maybe they're crystals? Or they could be minerals that filled spaces where crystals dissolved away. Stay tuned! Science continues.

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    5 hours ago

    Need more in your life? Download the NASA app for the latest news, images and videos:

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  4. 5 hours ago

    Do you see the❓ rotate into view in this Observatory video? This question mark shaped feature is an elongated coronal hole on the Sun in December, which are areas of open magnetic field that appear darker in extreme ultraviolet light:

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  5. 6 hours ago

    Coming to a sky near you…Overnight tonight, the Quadrantid meteor shower will peak! Although this shower is usually a strong one, this year it peaks 2 days after the 1st full Moon, so moonlight will interfere with observations. Details:

    41 replies 754 retweets 1,925 likes
  6. 8 hours ago

    Our GOLD mission is set to launch later this month to study and explore the boundary between Earth and space. Join us tomorrow at 1 p.m. EST on Facebook Live to hear from our experts and ask them your questions about the mission:

    https://www.facebook.com/NASASunScience/videos/1510077012372850/
    21 replies 184 retweets 806 likes
  7. 9 hours ago

    The space high above Earth seems empty, but it’s a carnival packed with magnetic forces & high-energy particles. On their quest to untangle how this bustling space affects Earth, scientists made an exciting discovery:

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  8. 11 hours ago

    We’ve got shivers just looking at this satellite image of the frigid Sea of Okhotsk near Russia. This sea is a winter ice factory and a year-round cloud factory. Learn more:

    34 replies 451 retweets 2,056 likes
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    12 hours ago

    in 2004, the Mars Exploration Rover A, also known as “Spirit”, landed on Mars. Over its approximately 6 year mission, Spirit returned about 124,000 photographs from the surface of the red planet. The video below shows a small sampling of these images. !

    31 replies 452 retweets 1,316 likes
  10. 14 hours ago

    Using satellite measurements, researchers observed that a reduction in global burned area in the 2000s had an unexpectedly large impact on methane emissions around the world. Details:

    50 replies 661 retweets 2,274 likes
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    Jan 2

    From the , wishing everyone across the world a happy and safe 2018.

    , , and 2 others
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    Jan 2

    2017 was busy for the 17th year of science aboard . Here’s a look back at just some of the research that was conducted aboard your orbiting laboratory.

    2017 Space Station Science in Pictures
    From new kinds of gardening to identifying unknown microbes in space, take a look back at some of the space station science of 2017.
    32 replies 572 retweets 2,093 likes
  13. Jan 2

    Getting ready for 2018? Take time to construct your own calendar for the phases of the Moon. Instructions & details here:

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  14. Jan 2

    What's up for January? A meteor shower, a peek at Jupiter & Mars & a West Coast-favoring total lunar eclipse. Watch & learn more:

    73 replies 2,349 retweets 6,303 likes
  15. Jan 2

    The Earth, Moon & beyond! , our mission that is currently on its way to map & return samples from asteroid Bennu, captured the data that makes up this composite image of our home planet & Moon:

    79 replies 1,058 retweets 3,596 likes
  16. Jan 2

    From 'The Beautiful Universe' to 'Silicon Valley,' explore science through our many podcasts. Details:

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  17. Jan 2

    This , consider this: Humans have had a continuous presence in space for the last 17+ years. While living and working 250 miles above Earth on , crews even watched a few movies, like .

    108 replies 1,545 retweets 5,154 likes
  18. Jan 1

    The supermoon is here! Be sure to bundle up then lead your “pack” outside to view the 🐺, the most super of the three supermoons this winter!

    452 replies 8,246 retweets 21,897 likes
  19. Jan 1

    Ever wonder how we track supermoons 🌕 and other lunar events? We visualize them! Here's how: 

    56 replies 1,024 retweets 3,847 likes
  20. Jan 1

    A supermoon is coming! Tonight, the full Moon will be at or near its closest point in its orbit around Earth, making it a supermoon. Bundle up, get outside and look up! Follow for more lunar facts!

    152 replies 3,523 retweets 7,874 likes

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