NASA

We're building a new antenna for @NASASCaN 's Deep Space Network, which communicates with spacecraft exploring our solar system and beyond. 📡〰〰🛰️ The upgrade will support advanced communications technologies for future missions, including #Artemis :

President Trump goes on clemency spree, and the list is long

These frogs may be tiny, but they're on a big mission

You can't see the equator on Earth, but you *can* see it in the sky: Stars along the celestial equator trace out straight lines in this long-exposure photo taken on a moonlit night in Iran.

Educator, journalist, and activist, Mary Church Terrell fought for civil rights and women’s rights. Fighting for women's suffrage, Mary Church Terrell protested alongside the "Silent Sentinels" who picketed the White House. #BecauseOfHerStory  [📷: @librarycongress ]

Making Waves @NASAJuno  publishes its 1st findings on the amount of water in Jupiter's atmosphere. An accurate total estimate of water in the gas giant's atmosphere is critical to solving the mystery of how our solar system formed. Dive into the details:

Space Adventures has announced an agreement with SpaceX to fly up to four paying space tourists on a Crew Dragon capsule in late 2021 or 2022 that could reach an altitude two-to-three times higher than the International Space Station. FULL STORY:

'Space is to place as eternity is to time' – Joseph Joubert

P A S S I T O N : ☑️The deadline to register/update your voter info online =midnight TONIGHT! (Tues 2/18) But... ☑️You can still (re)register at any polling place on Election Day, OR at a voting center/your county's elections office on or before then

Astronomers don't use miles to measure vast distances in space—instead, they use light-years. Proxima Centauri, the closest known star to the Sun, is about 4.2 light-years away; that’s a lot easier than saying 24,000,000,000,000,000 miles away! [Digital rendering: Kevin Gill]