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An image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals a remarkable sight: at least 17 concentric dust rings emanating from a pair of stars located about 5,300 light-years from Earth. Each ring was created when the stars came close together and their colliding stellar winds (streams of gas they blow into space) caused some of the gas to compress into dust. Collectively known as Wolf-Rayet 140, the stars’ orbits bring them together about once every eight years, so just like the growth rings of a tree trunk, these dusty loops mark the passage of time: The 17 rings reveal more than a century of stellar interactions. And while other Wolf-Rayet stars produce dust, no other pair is known to produce rings quite like Wolf-Rayet 140. Because the stars’ orbits are elliptical rather than circular, the distance between the stars changes constantly, and dust forms only when they are close. The amount of dust produced by this interaction varies, so the system doesn’t form a perfect bullseye. One of the densest regions of dust production creates the bright feature repeating at 2 o’clock. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech For more information about the Webb telescope’s mission, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/webb #JamesWebbTelescope #CosmicDustRings #SpaceDiscovery #NASA #Astronomy #SpaceObservation #WebbTelescope #AstronomicalDiscoveries #CosmicDust #SpaceWonders #TelescopeImages #SpaceTelescope #Astrophysics #StellarPhenomena #RumbleVideo

The 18th Northrop Grumman commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station carries scientific investigations of topics such as 3D printing of knee cartilage, plant mutations, and mudflow structure—along with a demonstration of camera technology and small satellites from Japan, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The Cygnus spacecraft carrying these investigations to the orbiting laboratory is scheduled for liftoff no earlier than Nov. 6, 2022 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. Learn more about some of the scientific research traveling to the station on this mission:https://go.nasa.gov/3rYCjvACREDIT: NASA #NASA #SpaceStation #Science #SpaceScience #CRS18Mission #SpaceStationResearch #NorthropGrumman #SpaceExploration #ScienceInSpace #RumbleVideo #ISSResearch #SpaceMission #ZeroGravityScience #STEM #OuterSpace #MicrogravityExperiments #InternationalSpaceStation

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Are hurricanes getting stronger? Although we’ll never see a Category 6 hurricane, data does show that more hurricanes are becoming more severe. Hurricane and climate expert Mara Cordero-Fuentes of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center tells us more about the connection between climate change and tropical cyclones. Learn more:https://go.nasa.gov/3yQ168IProducers: Scott Bednar, Jessica Wilde Editor: Daniel Salazar Credit: NASA #HurricaneResearch#ClimateChange#NASAInsights#ExtremeWeather#StormScience#ClimateScience#HurricaneStrength#WeatherTrends#NaturalDisasters#ScienceInterview

#NASA#MarsLanding#SpaceExploration#RedPlanet#Astronomy#Science#SpaceMission#Rover#MarsRover#CrashLanding#MarsSurface#OuterSpace#SpaceTechnology#MartianTerrain#NASAInnovation#SpaceNews#Astrobiology#MartianExploration#MarsScience#PlanetaryScience We’re testing a new way of landing on Mars… by crashing into its surface. The Simplified High Impact Energy Landing Device (SHIELD) is a lander concept being tested at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). It could one day provide a new way for low-cost missions to land on Mars. Rather than rely on parachutes or retrorockets, SHIELD would include a collapsible, accordion-like base to absorb the energy of a landing. A full-size prototype of the base was tested on Aug. 12, 2022. The prototype was hurled at the ground from the top of a nearly 90-foot-tall (27-meter-tall) drop tower at JPL. A steel plate ensured the impact was even harder than what would be experienced on Mars. The design worked: After crushing against the steel plate at 110 mph (177 kph), several electronic components inside the SHIELD prototype, including a smartphone, survived the impact. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/California Academy of Sciences.

🚀 Unveil the mystery behind spacecraft deceleration with insights from NASA experts. Discover the cutting-edge techniques that allow these vehicles to navigate the cosmos safely. 🔬🛰️ #NASA #SpacecraftScience #DecelerationExplained #OuterSpaceWonders #SpaceTechTalks

#MarsSamples#NASAOnMars#RedPlanetRocks#ExploringMars#SpaceExploration#MarsMission#Astrogeology#RocksFromMars#SpaceDiscovery#MartianGeology NASA and the European Space Agency are developing plans for one of the most ambitious campaigns ever attempted in space: bringing the first samples of Mars material safely back to Earth for detailed study. The diverse set of scientifically curated samples now being collected by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover could help scientists answer the question of whether ancient life ever arose on the Red Planet. Bringing samples of Mars to Earth for future study would happen in several steps with multiple spacecraft, and in some ways, in a synchronized manner. This short animation features key moments of the Mars Sample Return campaign: from landing on Mars and securing the sample tubes to launching them off the surface and ferrying them back to Earth. Animation is contributed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the European Space Agency, Goddard Space Flight Center, and Marshall Space Flight Center. Learn more: https://mars.nasa.gov/msr. Credits NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC/MSFC

#NASAphotography #SpriteChaser #NightSkyCapture #SpacePhotographer #Astrophotography #SpritesInTheSky #AstronomyAdventures #SkyWonders #SpaceSpectacle #CapturingSprites #CosmicPhenomena A short video that highlights photographers from all over the world that have become experts at capturing Transient Luminous Events on camera. Complete transcriptavailable. Watch this video on theNASA Sun Science Facebook page. Credit: NASA All sprites imagery is copyrighted and used with permission. Download Q&A with Dr. Burcu Kosar Dr. Burcu Kosar discusses how she started Spritacular and how the citizen science project will lay the groundwork for the first-ever catalog of Transient Luminous Events. Watch this video on theNASA Sun Science Facebook page. Credit: NASA All sprites imagery is copyrighted and used with permission. For More Information SeeBlog: The Great Sprites Chase Sun Citizen ScienceSpritacularSprites Credits Please give credit for this item to: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Photographers Frankie Lucena(None)Panagiotis Tsouras(None)Paul Smith(None)Thomas Ashcraft(None) Writer Kathalina Tran(SGT) Scientist Burcu Kosar(Catholic University of America) Producer Joy Ng(KBRwyle) Videographers Joy Ng(KBRwyle)Thomas Smith(None) SeriesThis visualization can be found in the following series:Narrated Movies You may also like... ID: 14333Visualization HARP Citizen Science Audified Data April 17th, 2023 Audio visualizer featuring audified data from NASA's THEMIS mission. Audified sound files provided by the HARP Citizen Science project. || Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterWatch this video on the NASA.gov Video YouTube channel.Audified data samples provided by the HARP Citizen Science project and used with permission. Complete transcript available. || For More Information || See [HARP Project Homepage](https://listen.spacescience.org/) || Read more ID: 14229Visualization Sun Time Science: Big Sun, Little Moon Oct. 21st, 2022 Explore how solar eclipses can happen by using items from your own home in this do it yourself science activity.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterMusic: "Icelandic Arpeggios" by DivKid [Youtube Audio Library]Complete transcript available. || How can the small moon cover up the big Sun? Explore how solar eclipses can happen by using items from your own home in this do it yourself science activity. 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The mission will capture light from Earth’s geocorona, the part of the outer atmosphere that emits ultraviolet light and will be ready to launch in 2025. || Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available.Image credits: U.S. Naval Research LaboratoryMusic credits: “Bright Life” Tristan Lewis Noon [PRS] || Read more ID: 14202Visualization A Week Filled with Flares, August 2022 Sept. 1st, 2022 The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spotted 11 significant flares on the Sun from August 12-18, 2022. Here's what that looked like at 171 angstroms, one of the wavelengths of light that SDO captures.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDOMusic: "Rhombus" from Geometric Shapes. Written and produced by Lars Leonhard.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || During the week of Friday, August 12, to Thursday, August 18, 2022 the Sun was particularly busy. 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#NASA #RedLightningSprites #SpaceWeather #AtmosphericPhenomena #Astronomy #Lightning #Sprites #ElectromagneticPhenomena #Astrophysics #WeatherWonders #SkySpectacle Image credits: Paul Smith, Frankie Lucena, Panagiotis Tsouras, Thomas Ashcraft. All imagery of sprites is copyrighted and used with permission. Music credits: “The Beauty Beyond” by Jeremy Noel William Abbott[PRS], Vasco[PRS]; “Outer Orbit” by Alexander Ryder Mcnair[ASCAP], Harry Gregson Williams[BMI], Ho Ling Tang[BMI]; “Wonderful Orbit” by Tom Furse Fairfax Cowan[PRS]; “Starlights” by Marc Teitler[PRS], Vasco[PRS]; “A Tranquil End” by Luke Gordon[PRS]; “Virtual Tidings” by Andrew Michael Britton[PRS], David Stephen Goldsmith[PRS]; “Winter Aurora” by Samuel Karl Bohn[PRS]; “Lava Flow” and “Water Dance” by Ben Niblett[PRS], Jon Cotton[PRS].