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5,496!
That's how many planets we've confirmed beyond our own solar system. Some may have rubies blowing in winds, others may have broken glass. Some are so hot, molecules can't survive. Others are so cold, everything is locked in a deep freeze. Each is just right in its own way.…
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Many! As in exoplanets. (5,496 planets confirmed beyond our solar system!) exoplanets.nasa.gov
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A point in the peacock🦚
@NASAHubble imaged the galaxy NGC 6684, 44 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pavo. Pavo – Latin for peacock – is a southern sky constellation and one of four constellations known as the Southern Birds. go.nasa.gov/3OqgnUO
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You are in space✨
The famous Pale Blue Dot reveals Earth as a bit of light in a sunbeam from 3.8 billion miles (6 billion km) away. @NASAVoyager was much closer than we can get to exoplanets, but rare photographs reveal exoplanets as bright dots. But those dots...
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More than 2,000 light-years away, eight planets orbit a Sun-like star. The rocky inner worlds are closer to the star with gas giants farther out. All eight would orbit inside Mercury's orbit around the Sun! exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1476/…
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Happy #BookLoversDay!📚
Celebrate by curling up with a @nasa ebook about exoplanets. Strange New Worlds focuses on @NASAHubble's science and discoveries. nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/…
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A wrinkle in spacetime reveals ancient Earendel✴️
The most distant star is seen by @NASAWebb because a massive galaxy cluster bends light, allowing us to look through it like a magnifying glass. Based on its colors, astronomers think Earendel may have a cooler companion star!…
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In the final episode of High Above Down Under, we leave the rocket range behind and head into the wild to find the fallen rocket parts. Later, we catch up with the scientists to hear about their findings.
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Have you ever wondered what the skies of faraway planets might look like? (Of course you have; we knew we liked you!) Our Sun would be a yellow star in the Leo constellation as seen from a world ~40 light-years away. Take a tour: go.nasa.gov/3yJ8Mcj
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All that glitters ...✨
Is a glorious globular cluster! @NASAHubble spied NGC 6652 in our own Milky Way galaxy in the constellation Sagittarius, just under 30,000 light-years from Earth. Globular clusters contain tens of thousands to millions of stars. go.nasa.gov/3YkIBou
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An ''unusually calm and remote'' galaxy cluster was discovered 8.4 billion light-years away. (Sound like anyone you know?) Astronomers call it “relaxed,” meaning that it shows no signs of having been disrupted by violent collisions. go.nasa.gov/45cj0Af
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A cluster of hundreds of galaxies that existed when the universe was 6.2 billion years old is a cosmic teenager known as “El Gordo” (Spanish for the “Fat One”). @NASAWebb took a look and discovered galaxies beyond and details within: go.nasa.gov/3YkoBCp
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32 light-years away, AU Mic b is in one of the youngest planetary systems ever observed. Researchers recently saw the planet ''hiccuping''! Our Exoplaneteer Captain is learning more about the world. Explore and more: exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanete…
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Are Sun-like stars the best place to find livable worlds? Two rocket teams traveled to Australia for a better view of a pair of stars that may hold the answer. In Episode 5 of High Above Down Under, it’s finally time to launch.
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💥 @NASAHubble catches a petulant star blasting a planet. Flares, powered by intense magnetic fields tangled by the roiling motions of the stellar atmosphere, lead to torrential winds, X-rays and more. go.nasa.gov/43Pa3Me
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Stars in our eyes 🤩
At the center of this image are two stars forming. Over thousands of years, they repeatedly consume, then eject the gas and dust around them. After millions of years, the pair – binary stars – will take their place in the universe. go.nasa.gov/3OFJFjP
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Water is essential for life as we know it. However, we don't know how it reached the Earth and whether the same processes could seed planets orbiting distant stars. Now, @NASAWebb has measured water vapor in a planet-forming disk 370 light-years away. go.nasa.gov/43FDRem
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Meet the Exoplaneteers! 🪐
These bold explorers (or, not so bold, no judgment) will go where humans can't to explore real exoplanets. Check them out and take our quiz to see which Exoplaneteer YOU are: exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanete…
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Under construction 🚧
When @NASAWebb looked at a developing planetary system, it detected water vapor in the building materials, in the region where rocky planets like Earth may be forming: go.nasa.gov/3O5LR2j
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A ''dream'' planet?🩷
GJ 504 b is still glowing from the heat of its formation 160 million years ago. Astronomers say it is dark magenta, or the color of cherry blossoms. It orbits a star faintly visible to the unaided eye in the constellation Virgo. exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/116/m…
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