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AURA Astronomy
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AURA 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 🔭🧪
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
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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/
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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NASA Webb Telescope
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory
Space Telescope Science Institute
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.
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) 🧵 🔭
US National Gemini Office
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. 🔭🧪
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Space Telescope Science Institute
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.
