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Heading to Pasadena for #AAS248? We are looking forward to seeing you at booth #201!
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Have you ever wanted to have your name 'Roman' a million miles away?
Now you can! Send your name along the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled to launch Aug. 30, 2026!
Sign up here: go.nasa.gov/4ejkRcR
Submissions close July 12. #NASARoman
This week’s image is of the star HD 32297! This striking near-infrared image captures the glowing circumstellar debris disk around HD 32297, which was observed using the Gemini South’s Gemini Planet Imager (GPI). Check out the 🧵 for another paper!
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The complex puzzle known as little red dots has become more complete since their initial discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope in 2022. Now a particular little red dot’s spectrum is helping connect many of the pieces. #NASAWebb (1/5) 🧵 🔭
Astronomers are excited to use the upcoming #NASARoman’s surveys of the night sky to pick interesting objects to follow up on with Hubble and #NASAWebb in detail, demonstrating how the observatories will work together. Credit: D. Kirshenblat/STScI.
Want to learn more about AURA?
Check out the AURA FY2025 Annual Report. Now available online here: https://bit.ly/4vAemJx
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Beyond the Orion Nebula is a long and massive filament of cold gas and dust divided into four parts and collectively called the Orion Molecular Clouds. This image shows just a small portion of one of the clouds. t.co/N5ahKPVSJO
🔗 esawebb.org/images/potm2605a/
Edwin Hubble famously kept the company of his black cat Copernicus on late nights at the Mount Wilson Observatory. At STScI, these are just a fraction of the pets who keep us company while we expand the frontiers of space astronomy.
Soarin', flyin' 🦅
The NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory team recently spotted an Andean Condor soaring overhead!
These massive birds are among the largest in the world, with wingspans that can exceed 3 meters (~10 feet) 🤯
🎥: NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/B. Blum 🔭🧪
Most large telescopes are tall & spindly. This one? Short & squat.
Meet NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s Simonyi Survey Telescope in this NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek! With a unique three-mirror design & low center of gravity, this 350-ton machine moves & maps the night sky quickly. 🔭🧪
