Meet HERMES, Gateway's advanced space weather instrument suite. Developed by
@NASAGoddard
, HERMES will monitor solar particles and winds, enhancing our ability to predict solar events that could affect humans and hardware on and around the Moon.
What questions do you have about black holes? ⚫
Reply with your questions and
@NASA
black hole experts will answer throughout the day tomorrow!
#BlackHoleWeek
Does
#BlackHoleWeek
have you dreaming of a journey far, far away? Before taking a trip to the nearest known black hole (about 1,500 light-years away), our Traveler has some safety tips!
Watch them now on NASA+:
The Sun emitted two strong solar flares, peaking at 9:41 p.m. ET on May 7, 2024, and 1:09 a.m. ET on May 8, 2024. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the events, which were both classified as X1.0.
Our TESS spacecraft science resumed operations May 3 and is once again making observations. The satellite went into safe mode April 23 following a separate period of down time earlier that month. More:
We're in our prime!
#OTD
79 years ago (get it, 79 is prime 😉) NACA established Wallops Flight Facility as a site for aeronautic research. Since its first rocket launch on June 27, 1945, Wallops has grown from a small test range to helping explore our solar system and beyond.
If this “.” were a black hole, it would have about the mass of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede crammed inside its tiny event horizon! That’s a lot of stuff tightly packed inside a small space.
#BlackHoleWeek
This
#BlackHoleWeek
, we're pulled in by the farthest active supermassive black hole ever spotted. Webb's image shows the black hole's host: GN-z11, a galaxy that existed when our 13.8 billion-year-old universe was only about 430 million years old. More:
This new
@NASAHubble
image really pulled us in!
NGC 4951 has an active galactic nucleus at its center, powered by a supermassive black hole. Hubble helped prove that supermassive black holes exist at the core of almost every galaxy.
#BlackHoleWeek
I'm looking out...'cause I've got mirrors 🎶
Check out what Webb's current observation targets are, where you can find them in the sky, and who's behind the research — all in one place:
Is science that sweet? We guess so!
The Sun emitted three strong solar flares, two on May 5, 2024, peaking at 2:01am ET and 7:54am ET, and one on May 6, 2024, peaking at 2:35am ET. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the event, which were classified as X1.3, X1.2, and X4.5.
Getting the first feeling of summer temps? That reminds us of when
@NASASun
's Parker Solar Probe “touched” the Sun!
In Dec. 2021, Parker flew through the Sun’s upper atmosphere – the corona – sampling particles & magnetic fields. This was the first time a spacecraft had done so!
Return of the GEDI 🌳
The return of NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) is underway, and the forest is strong with this one! From its vantage point on the
@Space_Station
, GEDI measures the structure of Earth's forests.
A robot birthday on
#StarWarsDay
? Must be turning (R)2(D)2! 🤖 🛰️
@NASA
's Aqua satellite turns 22 today! It launched on May 4, 2002 and has been teaching us about our home planet ever since. Happy birthday Aqua, and
#MayTheFourthBeWithYou
!
Yesterday, Dr. Jane Rigby and Dr. Ellen Ochoa received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from the
@WhiteHouse
for their work to broaden our horizons of discovery, both on Earth and beyond our home planet:
From the icy surface of Hoth to the forest world of Endor, today, we're dreaming of planets far, far away. Explore some planetary bodies in our own solar system with our NASA+ series Other Worlds:
And
#MayTheFourth
be with you!
Today was a historic day for
@NASA
at the
@WhiteHouse
, as two remarkable women were honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation’s highest civilian honor: