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Located on the banks of the Mississippi River, the Louisiana Art & Science Museum offers educational entertainment for visitors of all ages. Facebook: @theLASM

 Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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This one minute time-lapse video shows a 27-minute orbital night pass the space station took from Germany to Indonesia on March 21.

Orbital Night Trip from Germany to Indonesia

This one minute time-lapse video shows a 27-minute orbital night pass the space station took from Germany to Indonesia on March 21.

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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will carry 10.9 million names to Red Planet dlvr.it/RSgWKx
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#ChalkYourWalk campaign catching on in Baton Rouge brproud.com/health/coronavir…
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“This is truly a day we’ve been waiting on...to see those guys show up in force like they are behind us is very gratifying." - Todd Baker, @LDWF fox8live.com/2020/03/17/new-…
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On March 23, 1840, a New Yorker named John William Draper became the first person to take a photo of the moon. #NewYork #OTD #otdinspace More: buff.ly/2D9RgyW
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If you are feeling overwhelmed with stress, fear & anxiety, call the 24/7 Keeping Calm through COVID Hotline. Trained, compassionate counselors are available to offer support and direct you to mental health & substance abuse counseling services. #lagov #lalege ☎️: 1-866-310-7977
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Scottish printmaker Agnes Miller Parker (1895-1980), 'Fox' wood engraving #womensart
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One year ago, launching into space reinforced to me that the most important thing on Earth is the people you love. Today, as we all stay close to home, I’m struck how that still couldn’t be more true.
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Signal in LIGO/Virgo data. Most likely binary source with at least one component between 3 & 5 solar masses (mass gap). Observed 22 minutes ago. Find out more at: gracedb.ligo.org/superevents…
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Bursting through a bubble cloud these birds reveal secrets of flight. 🦅 😯 Scientists expected their wings create two lift-generating vortices, but the helium-filled bubbles also showed another pair of air swirls created by their tails. ​ ​🎥 : Usherwood, et al, JEB, 2020
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'The Dusk Hour' by contemporary Russian photographer Natalia Drepina #womensart
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Italy's coronavirus response dramatically reduces air pollution emissions, satellites show dlvr.it/RRrH7B
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Be safe. Be well. Wash your hands.
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Violent stellar winds hurtle glowing gas globs, some over 30 times the size of Earth, from star WR124 as it explodes in slow motion. 💥 This rare and massive star fuels the nebula M1-67 as it tears itself apart. ​ ​📷 : Judy Schmid/Hubble Legacy Archive/ @NASA / @ESA
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"The word #tardigrade means "slow walker" which describes their rather sluggish, clumsy movement. They use their short legs and claws to cling to a substrate and waddle along like #WaterBears or #MossPiglets." W. R. Miller (1997) Tardigrades: Bears of the moss Video: @rmartinledo
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In #folklore the hare is often associated with 'female wiles' and the shifting mood of the moon and in #March with madness, due to the antics of their wild mating dances #FolkloreThursday #Spring 'Moonstruck' by printmaker Kerry Buck #womensart
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Queen Bess Island’s Brown Pelicans are building their nests at an incredible pace. Check out these pictures captured by @LDWF during yesterday’s survey. They even captured some of last year’s banded birds in action!
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A bird preens itself along the shoreline in this reflective image by Your Shot photographer Roberto Marchitelli
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LASM@LASM5 Mar 2020
✨Get ready to explore another dimension, where sound and light sing and dance.✨ #MESMERICA is coming to the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium on March 27, 28, and 29! Get your tickets #TODAY while they last: bit.ly/2TEgNuh
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There are 79 known moons of Jupiter. Here is a video showing them all in orbit around the planet ow.ly/8BZe50uKrUW [more: ow.ly/ODA450uKrUX]
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