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Starting in June 2023, every California child under the age of 5 will be able to receive a free book in the mail, every month, thanks to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library expansion to California! 📚
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At its meeting in July, the governing council of the RAS made a decision to write to the UK Space Agency, the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA to express its concerns about the original JWST naming process and the apparent failure to investigate James Webb’s background.
ALT The RAS logo in white on a black background.
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There are words you shouldn’t call academic (or any) women. Words you might think are innocuous, but have a long history of being used to dismiss, devalue, or discredit women. You might not be aware that these words should be avoided. A 🧵
#academia
#AcademicTwitter
#WomenInSTEM
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We have re-established communications with CAPSTONE.
The spacecraft is looking happy and healthy.
More details to come.
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When individuals can bring their full, authentic self to the workplace, our entire @NASA workforce benefits. A decade ago, we established the Out & Allied Employee Resource Group @NASA_Johnson to leverage the strengths & unique experiences of the employees of the LGBTQ+ community
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Goodnight, InSight 🥺
A dusty self-portrait.
@NASAInSight took what is likely to be its final selfie on April 24. In the GIF, you can see the spacecraft’s first selfie in December 2018 and its last one where it’s covered in Martian dust. go.nasa.gov/3yUoPWn
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The first supermassive black hole imaged (called M87*), could not be more different from this one. M87* is 1500 times as massive as Sgr A*, rapidly consuming matter, and shooting out a thousands-of-light-years-long jet of particles & radiation. But the images look so similar!
First ever direct image of a black hole! The supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87 -- 6.5 billion times as massive as the Sun! #EHT #BlackHole The image is better than I expected!
ALT A glowing ring, brighter on the bottom, with a dark region in the middle
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Truly fascinating. I zoomed in with my Mastcam-Z camera on a Phobos solar eclipse. This detailed video can help scientists on my team better understand the Martian moon’s orbit and how its gravity affects the interior of Mars, including its crust & mantle. go.nasa.gov/3OqRl73
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This is gorgeous 🤩
Then, each of those 18 dots was stacked to produce one unified image. Up next: fine-tuning this single dot of starlight to make it progressively sharper. Read more on our blog: go.nasa.gov/3t5KshH #UnfoldTheUniverse
ALT Webb sees a single star instead of 18 reflections of it!
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Well well well… looks like wearing masks doesn’t… oh wait—
📍NEW—Mask-wearing is the single most effective public health measure at tackling #COVID19, reducing incidence by 53%—the first global systematic review of 30 worldwide studies shows. #MaskUp
theguardian.com/world/2021/n…
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Help us train Mars rovers.🤖 AI can change how we study the universe, but the machine learning algorithms require human training. The AI4Mars project asks YOU to label features of scientific interest in @NASAPersevere imagery to help future exploration. go.nasa.gov/2ZAnTXE
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✨ 👩🚀 Today marks the start of #WorldSpaceWeek, a global celebration of exploration!
This year’s theme is #WomenInSpace. Follow @WomenNASA and meet some of these pioneers: nasa.gov/women
ALT 1960s image of African American computer scientist Annie Easley in a light pink outfit, standing in a large computer room.
ALT Portrait of Asian American NASA employee with a slight touch of purple in her hair.
ALT Astronaut Jessica Meir looks at the camera while she works on a plant experiment aboard the space station. She has gloves on and the plant is in front of her.
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You wouldn’t believe what I just saw.
More images and video to come...
#MarsHelicopter
go.nasa.gov/ingenuity
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Your front-row seat to my Mars landing is here. Watch how we did it.
#CountdownToMars