2020/04/30

Shining a Light on Dark Matter


Dark matter, although invisible, makes up most of the universe’s mass and creates its underlying structure. via NASA https://ift.tt/35i4vgE

2020/04/29

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

2020/04/28

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

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

2020/04/24

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

2020/04/23

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

2020/04/22

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

2020/04/21

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

2020/04/20

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

2020/04/17

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

2020/04/16

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

2020/04/14

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

2020/04/13

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

2020/04/10

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

2020/04/09

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

2020/04/08

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

2020/04/07

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

2020/04/06

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

2020/04/03

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

2020/04/02

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

2020/04/01

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