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The artist of our solar system 🎨🖌️ Tumultuous storms and clouds in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere paint a mosaic across the gas giant. This image combines four views captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft in 2019.

This stunning compilation image of Jupiter's stormy northern hemisphere was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it performed a close pass of the gas giant planet. Some bright-white clouds can be seen popping up to high altitudes on the right side of Jupiter's disk. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gil

ALT This stunning compilation image of Jupiter's stormy northern hemisphere was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it performed a close pass of the gas giant planet. Some bright-white clouds can be seen popping up to high altitudes on the right side of Jupiter's disk. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gil

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Creators: @NASARoman is launching this summer, and you’re invited! We're looking for storytellers to join us as our Roman Space Telescope lifts off to help answer some of the biggest questions about our universe. Applications close June 28 at 11:59pm ET: go.nasa.gov/4v5hCge

A technician wearing white clean room protective attire installing Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's solar array Sun shield — a set of solar panels on the telescope. The panels are dark with red outlines. Credit: NASA

ALT A technician wearing white clean room protective attire installing Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's solar array Sun shield — a set of solar panels on the telescope. The panels are dark with red outlines. Credit: NASA

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Super! 💫 Data from @chandraxray has uncovered possible remains of a supernova in the middle of our Milky Way galaxy. If confirmed, this supernova piece would be one of the closest to our galaxy’s central black hole that we have ever found. go.nasa.gov/4aT7pvb

A photo of the site where the potential remains of a supernova. The photo shows an amorphous blob of red light with a spot of blue in the lower center. The background is a diffuse star field in black space. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UCLA/Z. Zhu et al.; ESA/XMM-Newton; Optical: PanSTARRS; Radio: MeerKAT; Infrared (JWST): NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and P. Edmonds

ALT A photo of the site where the potential remains of a supernova. The photo shows an amorphous blob of red light with a spot of blue in the lower center. The background is a diffuse star field in black space. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UCLA/Z. Zhu et al.; ESA/XMM-Newton; Optical: PanSTARRS; Radio: MeerKAT; Infrared (JWST): NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and P. Edmonds

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Explore JPL is returning October 10-11, 2026! This free, immersive event invites the public for a rare behind-the-scenes look at the groundbreaking science and engineering driving NASA’s missions across our solar system and beyond. Tickets are free, but limited. Registration opens August 29. jpl.nasa.gov/explore-jpl/

ALT A color photograph shows a group of visitors looking into the high bay clean room at JPL, where spacecraft are built. A large logo in the center of the image reads in bold text, “Explore JPL 2026”.

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Jun 14

Even by the fourth show of Rush's Fifty Something Tour, the band still had surprises in store, including performing "A Farewell to Kings" for the first time in 47 years rollingstone.com/music/music…

Rush Night Four: ‘A Farewell to Kings’ Returns After 47 Years

Even by the fourth show of Rush's Fifty Something Tour, the band still had surprises in store, including performing "A Farewell to Kings."

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Jun 14

Thank you for making this week so effin’ amazing! For embracing Anika, Loren so profoundly. Aimee Mann for joining us on Time Stand Still in tribute to Neil. To you, our fans, your steadfast support is what has made this a reality. Forever grateful! 📸: rosshalfin

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Jun 9

Introducing Artemis III. Four astronauts. Three launches. Two dockings. One splashdown. In 2027, the Artemis III mission will practice docking the Orion spacecraft with two lunar landers in low Earth orbit — the capability we need to return humanity to the Moon’s surface.

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Jun 5

Well, well, look who's back! After several months of being hidden in the glare of the Sun, Mars is once again visible in the sky. But only for early risers – the planet appears as a small, reddish "star" low on the eastern horizon just before sunrise.

ALT Mars appears as a small, faint, reddish star in a clear pre-dawn sky above a lake rimmed with mountains on June 5, 2026. Photo: NASA/Bill Dunford

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Jun 3

NASA’s Juno mission saw particles accelerated by Jupiter’s powerful magnetic field to near the speed of light. The findings may unlock a 100-year-old mystery about even faster particles reaching Earth from distant supernovas. 🔎⚡ Published today: go.nasa.gov/49HkNSO

During its 61st close flyby of Jupiter on May 12, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of chaotic clouds and cyclonic storms in the giant planet's northern hemisphere. Citizen scientist Gary Eason made this image using raw data from the JunoCam instrument, applying digital processing techniques to enhance color and clarity.

Credits: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, Image processing by Gary Eason © CC BY

ALT During its 61st close flyby of Jupiter on May 12, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of chaotic clouds and cyclonic storms in the giant planet's northern hemisphere. Citizen scientist Gary Eason made this image using raw data from the JunoCam instrument, applying digital processing techniques to enhance color and clarity. Credits: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, Image processing by Gary Eason © CC BY

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Jun 2

The shadows of things to come. NASA’s fleet of orbiters, rovers, and helicopters at Mars have helped us know before we go, providing key information about landing sites, weather conditions, and much more.

ALT The insect-like shadow of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter in a black-and-white photo taken by the helicopter mid flight

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Jun 2

60 years ago today, Surveyor I made a three-point soft landing on the Moon—the first soft landing for America's space program—AND accomplished on its first try. Over the next 6 weeks it returned more than 11,000 images of the lunar surface including this one featuring its shadow. The mission was one of the great successes of NASA's early lunar program.

Black and white image of the surface of the Moon showing the shadow of the Surveyor I spacecraft that took it in the late lunar afternoon. The horizon is at the upper right.

ALT Black and white image of the surface of the Moon showing the shadow of the Surveyor I spacecraft that took it in the late lunar afternoon. The horizon is at the upper right.

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Jun 2

Robots lead the way! 🦾 Just as our Surveyor landers scouted the Moon in advance of Apollo astronauts, our MoonFall propulsive drones will survey the lunar surface in unprecedented detail at potential @NASAArtemis landing sites.

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ALT Black and white image of the surface of the Moon showing the shadow of the Surveyor I spacecraft that took it in the late lunar afternoon. The horizon is at the upper right.

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May 28

Don’t miss the Blue Moon on Sunday! (It won’t actually be blue, but it is a rare second full Moon within one month.)

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May 27

Four JPL-built propulsive drones – known as MoonFall – will survey the lunar surface at potential @NASAArtemis landing sites in unprecedented detail. The mission is part of the initial phase of the @NASAMoonBase initiative. Learn more: jpl.nasa.gov/missions/moonfa…

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May 22

Why is it important to “know before we go”? Explore how @IndyCar racing and Mars exploration both rely on preparation, precision, simulation, teamwork, and knowing the course before taking on the challenge.

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May 20

Who knew #MissionToPsyche was such a good photographer? (We knew.)

ALT Black-and-white photo of the south polar ice cap of Mars. The cap has swirling layers of white ice on a vast, mostly flat plain.

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May 19

Hello Mars, goodbye Mars 👋 NASA’s #MissionToPsyche spacecraft was speeding by the Red Planet on May 15 when it snapped this rare, crescent view of Mars. The successful flyby flung the Psyche spacecraft toward its final destination: the metal-rich asteroid Psyche. 1/2

ALT A crescent-shaped Mars against the darkness of space. Within the thin illuminated crescent, the reddish surface and some clouds can be seen.

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May 22

When you're going 200 mph – or preparing to send humans millions of miles away – small details make a big difference when the margin for error is slim. See how @IndyCar driver Alexander Rossi’s preparation for a big race parallels our approach to Mars exploration.

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May 20

The initial reports are in: #MissionToPsyche aced its Mars flyby. ☑️ With the Red Planet in the rearview mirror, the spacecraft will soon resume using its solar-electric propulsion system to make a beeline to the main asteroid belt and rendezvous with the asteroid Psyche.

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May 19

ALT A crescent-shaped Mars against the darkness of space. Within the thin illuminated crescent, the reddish surface and some clouds can be seen.

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ALT A crescent-shaped Mars against the darkness of space. Within the thin illuminated crescent, the reddish surface and some clouds can be seen.

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May 19

Did you see Venus and the Moon last night? Tonight after sunset, watch for the crescent Moon to appear between Jupiter and Venus.

ALT Bright, star-like Venus in the late dusk sky near the thin crescent Moon glowing amid the clouds. Photo: NASA/Bill Dunford

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May 15

Replying to @NASAJPL

Psyche sends its data via the giant antennas of NASA's Deep Space Network. You can see which DSN stations are active and which spacecraft they're communicating with in real time at: eyes.nasa.gov/apps/dsn-now/d… Distance: 5,020 miles Speed: 11,660 mph

Simulated view of the Psyche spacecraft, with its "wings" of solar panel arrays, growing ever closer to the planet Mars, now seen in nearly half-full phase.

ALT Simulated view of the Psyche spacecraft, with its "wings" of solar panel arrays, growing ever closer to the planet Mars, now seen in nearly half-full phase.

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