One of my favorite space pics EVER was this past Sunday's APOD 🤩 Can you imagine this feeling - floating untethered in space?! Exhilaration? Terror? I got to meet this astronaut - Bruce McCandless II - back in 2015. Legend. Read more ab this pic here: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26021...

“We’ll use Roman’s enormous, deep 3D images to explore the fundamental nature of the universe, including its dark side.” Roman will see more than a BILLION galaxies in this incredible survey, helping us to unravel the mysteries of dark matter & dark energy ✨ Read more: www.nasa.gov/missions/rom...

For a #valentinesday twist on astronomy news: check out our Universe website! Including "Cosmic Codependency: When Stellar Love Gets Toxic" "The Universe Liked it, so it Put a Ring on it" & "NASA’s Hubble Finds a Galaxy that Chose to Stay Single" 😀❤️ science.nasa.gov/universe/

What an absolutely stunning photo 🤯 Today's APOD: In Green Company: Aurora over Norway 📸: Max Rive apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26021...

Studies of the early universe continue to surprise us! "NASA Telescopes Spot Surprisingly Mature Cluster in Early Universe" www.nasa.gov/missions/cha...

If anybody else sends me this meme I’m gonna punch you in the face while listening to Eddie’s glorious voice

ICYMI - new distance record set by JWST! This surprisingly bright galaxy existed only 280 million years after the big bang 😲 (redshift z=14.44 🤯) Read more: science.nasa.gov/missions/web...

Sun doing Sun things 🌞 NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed this very strong flare ✨ More: "Sun Releases Strong Flare" -> science.nasa.gov/blogs/solar-...

Happy birthday to my favorite @pearljam.com album 😀 Yes, it’s *extremely* hard to pick a favorite album, but this is it. It was released my senior year of high school, just as I was getting ready to leave home.

Artemis II launch now set for March 🚀 Read more: www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...

Two years ago today!! 😀 Still play this album on the regular and extremely happy to have seen the whole album minus Got to Give live the last couple years! @pearljam.com Dark Matter album debut listening event at The Troubadour, Jan 31 2024

Far and Wide Part 1: Check out the differences between the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and JWST: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDpl...

30 years ago, in January 1996, I was 16 years old. My love for science & astronomy had been strong since I was very young, but in Jan. ‘96, something very important happened, both for astronomy in general & for me personally. NASA released the Hubble Deep Field science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble....

The sharpest, most detailed map of dark matter ever made from new JWST data gives new insights into this mysterious scaffolding of the universe ✨ Read more: www.nasa.gov/missions/web...

Feast your eyes on this glorious new JWST image - LOOK AT ALL THOSE GALAXIES 🤩 This is galaxy cluster MACS J1149, and there's a lot going on here. Almost every point of light is not a star, but a *galaxy* containing hundreds of billions of stars!

Check out a new song written by some friends/colleagues at nasa, “Holding the Universe” 😀 open.spotify.com/track/1lbCJ3...

The planetary nebula Abell 7 via APOD ✨ It's ~1800 light-years away & ~8 light-years wide. A planetary nebula is a brief final phase in a "normal" star's life - our own Sun will go through this in ~5 billion years as it sheds its outer layers. 📸: Martin Pugh apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26012...

Why do supercold comets have crystals that seemingly only form in very hot places? New data from #jwst suggests that they form close to baby stars, and then get blown out into the outer parts of the star system where comets form ☄️ More: science.nasa.gov/missions/web...

Back from vacation - just released today: new intricacies of the Helix Nebula revealed by JWST! 🤩 This image shows new details of what happens to stars like our Sun when they near the end of their lives. Our own Sun could someday put on a spectacle like this! More: science.nasa.gov/missions/web...

5 days hiking/backpacking 4 nights camping 52* miles 10,931 feet elevation gain 22:48 total time hiking The W trek (Chilean Patagonia) is *incredible*!!! One of the hardest, most beautiful, most rewarding things I’ve ever done. *hiking miles - total (walking around campsites etc) closer to 63.

I’m making my book list for 2026! What are your favorite books from the last year or two? Mainly looking for fiction recs bc my nonfiction list is already so long I’ll prob never finish it 😬 but I’ll take any recs you have!

WE HAVE A TELESCOPE 🚀 The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been fully assembled here in the cleanroom at NASA Goddard 😀🚀 and is on track to launch next fall!

NASA’s Webb, Curiosity Named in TIME’s Best Inventions Hall of Fame for the last quarter century! science.nasa.gov/missions/web...

Had an incredible time out west last week for a couple talks! The first was in Denver at the Bellco theatre - so fun to share #jwst science & engineering w/ over 5,000 people! And got to see some snow ❄️

Very important question: if you could have a Wookie or an Ewok as a live-in companion, which would you choose? 🤔

It's been yet another heavy, scary, infuriating week in this country. It's easy to feel angry, scared, hopeless (those feelings are ok). But. But. The universe is incredible, and we are learning amazing things. Dive into this deep field; let it be a positive start to your weekend ✨

Chaos! This *incredible* new #jwst image shows shells of dust emitted over the last 700 years by a system of 3 aging stars. The 2 main stars tear through space at an astonishing ~2000 MILES PER SECOND, whereas the 3rd star cuts through the dust like a knife. More: science.nasa.gov/missions/web...

This should be interesting 👀☄️ Mark your calendars for 3pm EST Wed.! www.nasa.gov/news-release...

A fun memory…3 years ago I got to host a Guest DJ segment on @pearljam.com radio! 🤩 As much media stuff as I’ve done for nasa, I was still REALLY nervous for this. It was soooo much fun though 😀

Have you noticed less beauty in your feeds the last 6+ weeks? Fewer gasps of awe? Fewer prompts to consider a universal perspective; to ask big questions? While much of US spending is on decreasing bad things, NASA is a perfect example of increasing the good ✨ Here's a new JWST image!

Before setting out to tour Riot Act, the band played four warm-up gigs in Seattle, the second of which became "Live at the Showbox", released in 2003.

WE ARE BACK!! And the Roman telescope is looking *GREAT* as we continue to prep it for launch here at @nasagoddard 🚀✨ Roman is designed to unravel the mysteries of the dark universe - dark matter & dark energy - as well as finding tens of thousands of new planets outside our solar system.

"Go" from Boise, Idaho - November 3rd, 2000. The band selected it for Touring Band 2000 as one of 18 "Ape/Man" shows from the tour, which, according to Jeff, were shows the band found "really exciting."

Another 10+ mile day (w/ my 25lb pack - training for a backpacking trip in a few months)! Did one yesterday too. Gorgeous weather, beautiful trees. Although didn’t find the cat and no idea who Bob is 😝 #getoutside #hiking #furloughlife

35 years ago today @pearljam.com played their first show - several years before I found them, not knowing they would become more than just a band to me. Decades of music, live shows, new friends, and some unforgettable experiences especially these last couple years 😉😄 Thank you PJ❤️

Friday furlough flying…maybe it’ll become a thing since there’s no end in sight to this shutdown 🙄 Trying to make the best of it despite not getting a paycheck and missing my #nasa peeps #avgeek #giventofly #cessnaflyer

Vaccines save lives. Trust scientific consensus.

Been outside a lot the last few days!! Two back-to-back hefty hikes w/ our packs in prep for a big backpacking trip coming up in a few months 😀

First few days of furlough last week were spent visiting my 6 month old niece in Providence 🥰 Don’t worry - teaching her astrophysics wasn’t part of my official nasa duties

The Ice Bowl show in East Troy, Wisconsin, 25 years ago... ❄️ Re-live this show: pj.lnk.to/20001008

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This #jwst story is full of weirdness: 1) auroras were found on a rogue planet (a planet w/o a star) 2) BILLIONS - TRILLIONS of rogue planets could exist in our Milky Way 🤯 3) this planet is 20 light-years away & ~12.7x the mass of Jupiter (pic is illustration) www.universetoday.com/articles/jam...

Stunning new #jwst images reveal new insights into what's going on in the most massive and active star-forming region in our Milky Way galaxy. Read the article for more, and a fun slider that shows 2 different versions of this image ➡️ science.nasa.gov/missions/web...

On this day in 1977, David Bowie released his timeless anthem “Heroes.” A song about love, hope, and defiance that still gives chills nearly 50 years later.

Trying a new thing! 😀 Just got back from my first backpacking trip! An easy/short 1-nighter. It was fun to test my gear and be sung to sleep by crickets and cicadas #getoutside

The universe is wild, y'all! "NASA’s Hubble Sees White Dwarf Eating Piece of Pluto-Like Object" In several billion years, when our Sun collapses into a white dwarf, it might munch on actual Pluto, too! More here: science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...

The spaces in between stars in the Milky Way aren't empty – they're sprinkled with gas and dust that are both the seeds of new stars and the leftover stuff from dead stars. The upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help us understand this better! www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM5x...

Great tweet today, oh, hold on, this is from two months ago

The beauty of the universe still takes my breath away ✨ Star birth, star death - it's all here in today's stunning #apod Read more: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25091... 📸: J. De Winter, C. Humbert, C. Robert & V. Sabet

#icymi #JWST Exoplanet Research Sounds Like Sci-Fi—But It's Real. Listen to Curious Universe wherever you get your podcasts! www.nasa.gov/podcasts/cur...