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BREAKING: @NASA has selected two science instruments, designed for #Artemis IV astronauts to set up on the lunar surface, that will advance space exploration. ⬇️ 🔗: https://t.co/erYQtyFTxO
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NASA is advancing two new heliophysics mission concepts! CINEMA: 9 satellites to study Earth’s magnetosphere and plasma energy flows CMEx: Exploring the Sun’s chromosphere and drivers of space weather These missions will deepen our understanding of space weather and its
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Here's your invitation to explore the Universe with us! Join Do NASA Science LIVE! on Dec 11 at 6:30pm ET and discover how you can help scientists use light from distant galaxies to look back in time with the Redshift Wrangler project. 🔗: https://t.co/M9HyxXHfVw
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Welcome to Iceland: one of Earth’s most extreme environments and a training ground for future space exploration. Join us today at 3pm EST to hear from the team about how their work here helps prepare us for the Moon, Mars, and the search for life beyond Earth. 🔗:
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Teamwork makes the telescope work! 🌌 The Hubble mission's vast and growing archive of observations allows researchers to develop collaborative projects with citizen scientists. Learn more here: https://t.co/1rODyVLEBV
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Looking for UV observation data? A new and improved @NASAHubble Spectroscopic Legacy Archive has launched, making it easier for researchers to access Hubble UV data. Learn more and access the new HSLA archive here: https://t.co/wEUqU1xlXw
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Water on the Moon? There’s more than meets the eye. Ground-penetrating radar helps us peer beneath planetary surfaces – including on Earth, where we prepare to go beyond. #AskNASA your planetary science fieldwork questions on Weds Dec. 10 at 3 p.m. ET: https://t.co/2vuBb1hgMo
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Interested in learning more about sprites or finding a citizen science project that's right for you? Here's your opportunity to explore more:
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Download the December 2025 calendar and wallpaper backgrounds for your desktop or mobile device, and discover the fascinating science behind the images featured each month.
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This fleeting red flash above a thunderstorm cloud is one of Earth's most elusive electrical phenomena! They're called sprites! Fun fact: This image was captured by citizen scientist Nicolas Escurat through the citizen science project Spritacular. ✨
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NASA is partnering with commercial innovators to pioneer the next frontier of space exploration and research. Learn how Space Labs will help pave the way for future deep-space missions: https://t.co/Sucbsw4rCz.
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@NASA @CUBoulder Led by @NASAJPL, the South Pole Seismic Suite will monitor how often meteorites hit the Moon, track moonquakes in real time, and help scientists learn about the Moon’s deep interior.
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@NASA The DUSTER instrument suite, led by @CUBoulder, will help our astronauts manage sharp and sticky Moon dust, by studying the dust and plasma environment around the Artemis IV landing site.
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NASA’s HLS data is now easier to access on Microsoft! Researchers can now quickly pull insights, using Microsoft Azure, on land use, vegetation health, water resources, and more, powered by open NASA data. 🔗: https://t.co/SHyrATOqY1
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.@JonnyKimUSA is coming home! While aboard space station, Kim tested DNA-encrypted messages, studied complex fluid behavior, grew plants with less light, and much more. Learn more about how this microgravity research benefits humanity and advances future space exploration.
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NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is wrapping up his first mission aboard the International Space Station in early December. During his stay, Kim conducted scientific
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@NASA 🔎 If you look even closer, there's even a brief spotting of comet 3I/ATLAS along the way!
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Comet SWAN is on the move. ☄️ Captured by @NASA's PUNCH spacecraft, comet 2025 R2 (SWAN) can be seen moving away from the Sun as the solar wind blows its tail away, creating the illusion that the comet is “moving backward.” 🔗: https://t.co/GMmjGjHr1s
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BREAKING: Sugars essential for life have been found in pristine asteroid Bennu samples collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Combined with previous detections of amino acids and nucleobases, we see that life’s ingredients were widespread throughout the solar system:
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The night skies have some special gifts for you this December: - The peak of the Geminid meteor shower - The closest approach of 3I/ATLAS to Earth (at about 170 million miles) - A Jupiter-Moon conjunction Get more details on this month’s celestial sights: https://t.co/wmmYGYDqgb
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Planets are born in dusty disks around stars, and you can help find them. Uncover clues to how planetary systems form, evolve, and end with the Disk Detective Citizen Science project. 🔗: https://t.co/A8Xma39KBt
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An abstract view of our solar system? Not quite. 🪐 November’s #NASAScience Image of the Month shows the molten textures inside a solder bead, like those used by astronauts on the Space Station for in-orbit repairs. https://t.co/n9N8khIiHY
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