A Cosmic Triangle April 15, 2020 via NASA It was an astronomical triple play. Setting on the left, just after sunset near the end of last month, was our Moon -- showing a bright crescent phase. Setting on the right was Venus, the brightest planet in the evening sky last month -- and this month, too. With a small telescope, you could tell that Venus' phase was half, meaning that only half of the planet, as visible from Earth, was exposed to direct sunlight and brightly lit. High above and much further in the distance was the Pleiades star cluster. Although the Moon and Venus move with respect to the background stars, the Pleiades do not -- because they are background stars. In the beginning of this month, Venus appeared to move right in front of the Pleiades, a rare event that happens only once every eight years. The featured image captured this cosmic triangle with a series of exposures taken from the same camera over 70 minutes near Avonlea, Saskatchewan, Canada. The positions of the celestial objects was predicted. The only thing unpredicted was the existence of the foreground tree -- and the astrophotographer is still unsure what type of tree that is. #NASA https://ift.tt/34NkuDn

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Another Awesome Day! Good Morning!! It's Wednesday on April 15, 2020 at 07:00AM !!! Don't forget to Eat your Breakfast Guys! :) 🍵 👌

Another Awesome Day! Good Morning!! It's Wednesday on April 15, 2020 at 07:00AM !!! Don't forget to Eat your Breakfast Guys! :) 🍵 👌
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NASA Astronaut, Air Force General to Talk with Students

NASA Astronaut, Air Force General to Talk with Students About Future of Air, Space April 14, 2020: NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Air Force Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt will discuss leadership for the future of air and space through an online educational opportunity at noon EDT Thursday, April 16. #NASA #Trending #News https://ift.tt/2V9doG4

NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Air Force Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt will discuss leadership for the future of air and space through an online educational opportunity at noon EDT Thursday, April 16.

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Checkpoint: OSIRIS-REx Practices Sample Collection April 14, 2020 via NASA This image shows sample site Nightingale Crater, OSIRIS-REx’s primary sample collection site on asteroid Bennu. #NASA https://ift.tt/3b9y8CN

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NGC 253: The Silver Coin Galaxy April 14, 2020 via NASA NGC 253 is one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible, but also one of the dustiest. Dubbed the Silver Coin for its appearance in smalltelescopes, it is more formally known as the Sculptor Galaxy for its location within the boundaries of the southern constellation Sculptor. Discovered in 1783 by mathematician and astronomer Caroline Herschel, the dusty island universe lies a mere 10 million light-years away. About 70 thousand light-years across, NGC 253, pictured, is the largest member of the Sculptor Group of Galaxies, the nearest to our own Local Group of galaxies. In addition to its spiral dust lanes, tendrils of dust seem to be rising from a galactic disk laced with young star clusters and star forming regions in this sharp color image. The high dust content accompanies frantic star formation, earning NGC 253 the designation of a starburst galaxy. NGC 253 is also known to be a strong source of high-energy x-rays and gamma rays, likely due to massive black holes near the galaxy's center. Take a trip through extragalactic space in this short video flyby of NGC 253. #NASA https://ift.tt/2yYJ2NM

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Another Awesome Day! Good Morning!! It's Tuesday on April 14, 2020 at 07:05AM !!! Don't forget to Eat your Breakfast Guys! :) 🍵 👌

Another Awesome Day! Good Morning!! It's Tuesday on April 14, 2020 at 07:05AM !!! Don't forget to Eat your Breakfast Guys! :) 🍵 👌
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Another Awesome Day! Good Morning!! It's Tuesday on April 14, 2020 at 07:00AM !!! Don't forget to Eat your Breakfast Guys! :) 🍵 👌

Another Awesome Day! Good Morning!! It's Tuesday on April 14, 2020 at 07:00AM !!! Don't forget to Eat your Breakfast Guys! :) 🍵 👌
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NASA TV to Air Landing of Astronauts Meir, Morgan, Crewmate Skripochka

NASA TV to Air Landing of NASA Astronauts Meir, Morgan, Crewmate Skripochka April 13, 2020: NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, who has spent nine months living and working on the International Space Station, will join fellow NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos for a scheduled return to Earth on Friday, April 17. #NASA #Trending #News https://ift.tt/3ejW4FO

NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, who has spent nine months living and working on the International Space Station, will join fellow NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos for a scheduled return to Earth on Friday, April 17.

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NASA 'Optometrists' Verify Mars Perseverance Rover's 20/20 Vision April 13, 2020 via NASA Equipped with visionary science instruments, the Mars Perseverance rover underwent an "eye" exam after several cameras were installed. #NASA https://ift.tt/3bhhd1z

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A Sailing Stone across Death Valley April 13, 2020 via NASA How did this big rock end up on this strange terrain? One of the more unusual places here on Earth occurs inside Death Valley, California, USA. There a dried lakebed named Racetrack Playa exists that is almost perfectly flat, with the odd exception of some very large stones, one of which is pictured here in April of 2019 beneath a dark, Milky-Way filled sky. Now the flatness and texture of large playa like Racetrack are fascinating but not scientifically puzzling -- they are caused by mud flowing, drying, and cracking after a heavy rain. Only recently, however, has a viable scientific hypothesis been given to explain how heavy sailing stones end up near the middle of such a large flat surface. Unfortunately, as frequently happens in science, a seemingly surreal problem ends up having a relatively mundane solution. It turns out that in winter thin ice sheets form, and winds push ice sections laden with even heavy rocks across the temporarily slick playa when sunlight melts the ice. #NASA https://ift.tt/2RO01sP

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Another Awesome Day! Good Morning!! It's Monday on April 13, 2020 at 07:00AM !!! Don't forget to Eat your Breakfast Guys! :) 🍵 👌

Another Awesome Day! Good Morning!! It's Monday on April 13, 2020 at 07:00AM !!! Don't forget to Eat your Breakfast Guys! :) 🍵 👌
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The Horsehead Nebula in Infrared from Hubble April 12, 2020 via NASA While drifting through the cosmos, a magnificent interstellar dust cloud became sculpted by stellar winds and radiation to assume a recognizable shape. Fittingly named the Horsehead Nebula, it is embedded in the vast and complex Orion Nebula (M42). A potentially rewarding but difficult object to view personally with a small telescope, the above gorgeously detailed image was taken in 2013 in infrared light by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope in honor of the 23rd anniversary of Hubble's launch. The dark molecular cloud, roughly 1,500 light years distant, is cataloged as Barnard 33 and is seen above primarily because it is backlit by the nearby massive star Sigma Orionis. The Horsehead Nebula will slowly shift its apparent shape over the next few million years and will eventually be destroyed by the high energy starlight. #NASA https://ift.tt/2Xstz2A

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Another Awesome Day! Good Morning!! It's Sunday on April 12, 2020 at 07:00AM !!! Don't forget to Eat your Breakfast Guys! :) 🍵 👌

Another Awesome Day! Good Morning!! It's Sunday on April 12, 2020 at 07:00AM !!! Don't forget to Eat your Breakfast Guys! :) 🍵 👌
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