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Our Hubble Space Telescope is searching this spiral galaxy for the aftermath of a really big meal — a star swallowed up by a ravenous supermassive black hole at the center. Astronomers will confirm the star’s fate when they find evidence, in the form of stellar debris ejected during the event.⁣ ⁣ Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA⁣ ⁣ #galaxy #blackhole #hubble #universe #nomnom

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Are you @nasahubble? Because you seem…reflective. 😏⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ Okay. It's time to get deep. Real deep. We live in a time when we can witness the marvels of the universe and look into the past. We can look at the stars to learn about what we're made of. We are made of star stuff. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ The hydrogen, helium and nitrogen that formed in stars? That also makes up our bodies and it’s how we’re connected to the Big Bang—the birth of the universe. Our great space observatories like the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the recently decommissioned Spitzer Space Telescope have peered millions of light-years into the past to better understand our place in the universe. So, the next time you gaze up at the stars, remember this: you are star material.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⭐️✨💫 ⁣ 1. Galaxy NGC 4258 located about 23 million light-years away. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Caltech/P.Ogle et al; Optical: NASA/STScI; IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA⁣⁣⁣ 2. Carina Nebula’s “Mystic Mountain." Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)⁣⁣⁣⁣ 3. Messier 2 star cluster located in the constellation Aquarius. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, G. Piotto et al.⁣⁣⁣⁣ 4. Unbarred spiral galaxy NGC 5033, located about 40 million light-years away. Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgment: Judy Schmidt⁣⁣⁣⁣ 5. A brilliant nebula located in the constellation Centaurus, about 4,900 light-years from Earth. Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA⁣⁣⁣⁣ 6. Arp 299, located about 140 million light-years from Earth. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Crete/K. Anastasopoulou et al, NASA/NuSTAR/GSFC/A. Ptak et al; Optical: NASA/STScI⁣⁣⁣⁣ 7. Image released in 2017 of the Horsehead Nebula in infrared light. Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team⁣⁣⁣⁣ 8. Galaxy NGC 6861, part of a group of at least a dozen galaxies called the Telescopium Group. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA; acknowledgement: J. Barrington⁣⁣⁣⁣ 9. The Hubble eXtreme Deep Field, or XDF, assembled by combining 10 years of Hubble photos. Credit: NASA; ESA; G. Illingworth, D. Magee, and P. Oesch, University of California, Santa Cruz; R. Bouwens, Leiden University; and the HUDF09 Team⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ #YouGotThis #hubble #space #nasa #yes

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Perk of applying to #BeAnAstronaut? One step closer to being on top of the world! 👩🏾‍🚀🌍👨🏻‍🚀⁣ ⁣ Part of the job for our @NASAAstronauts is a task called spacewalking. Spacewalking refers to any time an astronaut gets out of a vehicle while in space; it is performed for many reasons such as completing repairs outside the @ISS, conducting science experiments and testing new equipment. ⁣ ⁣ While a demanding task (astronauts can burn up to ~2500 calories!) it provides the ultimate backdrop for a cosmic selfie. ✨⁣ ⁣ Sound like something you’d be interested in? If so, you might want to APPLY to #BeAnAstronaut! The deadline is March 31. Visit the link in bio for images, info and the application! ⁣ Image Credit: NASA ⁣ #NASA #Artemis #Astronauts #Selfie #OnTopOfTheWorld #earth

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“We saw to the edge of all there is—⁣⁣ So brutal and alive it seemed to comprehend us back.” -Tracy K. Smith, US Poet Laureate ⁣⁣ ⁣ Some pictures are worth a thousand words and some a thousand thoughts. On Jan. 31, @astro_christina shared this emotional view and quote from the @ISS. ⁣⁣ ⁣ Now, we share it for you. What do you think of when staring at the cusp of our world? ⬇️ Drop your feelings in the comments!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Image Credit: NASA ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #NASA #Earth #PaleBlueDot #wednesdaywisdom

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This striking swirl of outstretched stars is considered a grand design spiral galaxy — a title earned by only one-tenth of its kind. While all spirals have a similar structure, there is quite a bit of variation among individual galaxies; some have patchy, oddly shaped arms, some have bars of stars cutting through their core, some are colossal and radiant, and others are dim and diminutive. Grand designs like this one are in many ways the archetype of a spiral galaxy. They are characterized by their prominent, well-defined arms, which circle outward from a clear core. Click the link in the bio for more info ⬆️⁣ 📸 Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. Ho #NASA #Galaxy #BlackHoles

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