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  1. 29 minutes ago

    Before taking its final dive, took one last glance at Saturn’s icy moon Rhea:

  2. 2 hours ago

    In a world fraught with obstacles, who will prevail in a race against time: human or machine? See what happens when we race a drone controlled by artificial intelligence against another guided by a professional human pilot:

  3. 3 hours ago

    A quirky comet, with an unexpected chemical fingerprint, zipped past Earth earlier this year and is changing our thinking on how comets form and evolve. Details:

  4. 3 hours ago

    If you plant it, will it grow…in space? See how astronauts are producing fresh, palatable & nutritious food like this hearty red lettuce aboard the :

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    4 hours ago

    Look for a beautiful crescent Moon this evening, setting not long after sunset, with Saturn and Mercury nearby.

  6. 5 hours ago

    Water from melted ice on land doesn’t spread evenly across the world’s oceans. This new tool links changes in sea level in 293 port cities to specific regions of melting land ice. Take a closer look:

  7. 7 hours ago

    After more than 13 years at Saturn, and with its fate sealed, bid farewell by capturing this last, full mosaic of Saturn and its rings on Sept. 13:

  8. 8 hours ago

    A shadowy, dark expanse extending across the top of the Sun and down each side was the most prominent feature in this Nov. 11 Solar Dynamics Observatory image:

  9. 10 hours ago

    Exploration requires mobility. And whether you’re on Earth or as far away as the Moon or Mars, you need good tires to get your vehicle from one place to another. Take a look at how we reinvent the wheel:

  10. Retweeted
    Nov 20

    Moonlit night you can see colors of Earth amongst the glittering lights. This night the lights were mostly the Nile River, Cairo, and Israel. Good night from .

  11. Nov 20

    : With a bright flash & a streak of light ’s launched Saturday with 4 tiny hitchhikers designed to advance flight-qualified technology & enhance weather prediction. Find out more:

  12. Nov 20

    Seasonal weather predictions can be extremely useful to agricultural planning and for anticipating large-scale climate events. See how an instrument launched on ’s could improve near-term, seasonal forecasts:

  13. Nov 20

    The 40-ton door of a chamber that brought telescope to frigid space-like temps was unsealed Nov. 18 after ~100 days of cryogenic testing. We take a look at the telescope inside:

  14. Nov 20

    A developing region of dense, cool gas was recently captured churning and twisting near the edge of the Sun by our observatory from Nov. 16-17. Take a look:

  15. Nov 20

    . targets Monday, Dec. 4 at 2:53pm ET for the next launch of science & supplies to . Details:

  16. Retweeted
    Nov 20

    ⚡️ “Earth’s ozone hole hit a 9-year low this year. Why does that matter?”

  17. Nov 20

    Dark features on Mars previously considered evidence for subsurface flowing of water are interpreted by new research as granular flows, where grains of sand and dust slip downhill to make dark streaks. Find out more:

  18. Nov 20

    An interstellar visitor…scientists have confirmed that an intriguing asteroid that zipped through our solar system in Oct. is the 1st confirmed object from anther star! Learn more about this rocky, cigar-shaped object:

  19. Nov 20

    LIVE NOW: Join some of the first scientists to detect light and gravitational waves -- ripples in space-time -- caused by colliding neutron stars:

  20. Nov 20

    Join at noon ET for a Q&A on Facebook with some of the first scientists to detect light and gravitational waves -- ripples in space-time -- caused by colliding neutron stars:

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