A David Weigel
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I do exciting (and) space things - Planetarium Director @rocketcenterusa Astrovizicist @wwtelescope
Joined June 2014
Hey 2023! Time for a #YearInReview of my various project highlights from a travel laden 2023! First up, my fav #dataviz @WWTelescope interactive that I made this year. Explore the Orion Nebula in all its spectacle from JWST and more! https://t.co/17DXYaotDD 1/
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You can now pan & zoom the full Rubin First look images in their glory here:
projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu
Rubin First Look
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Thx to the @VRubinObs and WorldWide Telescope, everyone can go explore these GIGANTIC SPECTACULAR images of our Universe!! Experience the full richness of the 3.2 GigaPixel images at https://t.co/LcUEfaoF20
@CosmicDataStory @WWTelescope @RocketCenterUSA @NSF DOE @CenterForAstro
T-7 days! We're getting so close to the reveal of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's first images 🤩#RubinFirstLook Get ready for your first preview of how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🎬 🗓️: June 23, 2025 ⌚️: 11am US EDT 🔗:
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You’re a good dude, @rookisaacman. I went to space academy in middle school in Huntsville and it was totally magical, really lit my fire. I was the “pilot” of our simulated shuttle mission and I nearly believed it was real. I’m sorry for all of this.
I caught up with Jared Isaacman to hear more about his plan for NASA, and what he’s going to do next (it’s probably not what you think). https://t.co/0V5XLGsJ8J
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🌞 See the Sun from a whole new angle. For the first time, our Solar Orbiter mission has captured close-up images of the Sun’s mysterious poles, regions long hidden from our view. In 2025, Solar Orbiter gave us a first-ever look at the Sun’s south pole. Remarkably, it
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New observations from the Very Large Telescope in Chile may have caught a Jupiter-like planet at its moment of birth around another star. The universe just keeps on building more cool things. https://t.co/hGJdWSRRJy
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Well over $20B in taxpayer, paid for assets being thrown away for a savings that's literally pennies on those dollars. I'm all for shrinking waste and increasing efficiencies in our government, but this is neither.
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Proposal would end nearly all new major science missions
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Hosted by the INTUITIVE® Planetarium at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, the "Rubin First Look" Domecast will connect Digistar domes across continents for a unified, real-time experience as history unfolds with an epic image reveal from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
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I appreciate the honor of hosting you!
No better way to mark #NationalSpaceDay than joining @SpaceForceAssoc to watch @SpaceForceDoD’s new planetarium film - "Always Above" - at the @RocketCenterUSA in Huntsville! Thanks for an amazing event and to all that joined us. https://t.co/N1oT5hUdiJ
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Using adaptive-optics techniques, researchers have created ultra-high resolution images of the Sun's corona--and the results are astonishing. This video shows coronal rain: loops of plasma arching out from the Sun, cooling, and flowing back down. https://t.co/ibplsXvoDA
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Join us DAILY at the INTUITIVE Planetarium for a guided tour of our solar system in Our Place in Space! 🪐 Get a tour of the galaxy as we take you from fiery solar flares on the Sun to diamond rain falling through Neptune's skies! 🤯 Get your tickets now: https://t.co/aqfwlT9Qcw
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Luuucy, 'splain that if you can! The first images from the #LucyMission's asteroid Donaldjohanson flyby show an elongated contact binary shape, with an odd narrow neck between the two lobes. More data from Lucy will be analyzed in the coming weeks. https://t.co/VmrztGF8tc
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These dots are gas giant exoplanets captured by Webb's camera - the clearest infrared look we've gotten yet! Webb also detected carbon dioxide and heavy elements in the planets - evidence they may have formed in the same way as Jupiter and Saturn. https://t.co/WZYEYzQPYC
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#BlueGhost got her first diamond ring! Captured at our landing site in the Moon’s Mare Crisium around 3:30 am CDT, the photo shows the sun about to emerge from totality behind Earth. Hope to have more shots to share soon! #BGM1
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Here it is: The first clear image of an eclipse of the Sun by the Earth, taken from the surface of the Moon. This is what last night's lunar eclipse looked like from the Blue Ghost lander's perspective on the Moon. Amazing! https://t.co/Mtg4TJzdSu
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Birds of a feather, we should stay together 💞 A binary pair of actively forming stars created this shimmering hourglass of gas and dust. Here, Webb’s ability to see near-infrared light reveals incredible detail and structure in Lynds 483. https://t.co/A67gJkYoTU
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Athena landing on at the south pole of the Moon is looking good so far! These images just arrived on the way down. @Int_Machines #Athena
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Bring breathtaking astronomical images from @NASAWebb and more into your planetarium! 🌟 Join David Weigel (@rocketcenterusa) & Micah Acinapura (@AMNH) this Thursday, March 6 at 3pm ET to learn the basics of OpenSpace’s SkyBrowser feature. 🔗 Register: https://t.co/IMNXs4zWzr
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Rise and shine! Firefly’s #BlueGhost lander captured its first sunrise on the Moon, marking the beginning of the lunar day and the start of surface operations in its new home. Our #GhostRiders have already begun operating many of the 10 @NASA payloads aboard the lander and will
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