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Researchers have just mapped the magnetic field of our Local Bubble for the first time. #Astronomy #Space #SolarSystem by @seeker

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California has been hit with a series of atmospheric rivers that have dumped lots of rain and snow across the state. But what does that mean for the drought? #Weather #AtmosphericRiver #California #Drought #Rain #Flooding by @seeker

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Here’s why you might still have a stuffy nose after taking over-the-counter cold medicine. 🤧 #Medicine #ColdSeason #Flu #Health #FDA #Pharmacy #Science #MedicalResearch by @seeker

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NASA's Webb telescope captured NGC 346, a star-forming region in a galaxy not so far far away from our Milky Way. The cluster's conditions are similar to "cosmic noon", the era of rapid star formation when galaxies were forming after the Big Bang. ⁠
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Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, O. Jones (UK ATC), G. De Marchi (ESTEC), and M. Meixner (USRA). Image processing: A. Pagan (STScI), N. Habel (USRA), L. Lenkic (USRA) and L. Chu (NASA/Ames) by @seeker

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Can you guess what this is? ⁠
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It's a photo of an Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva taken using stereomicroscopy at 25x magnification. 🔬#Microscopy⁠
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📸 Courtesy of Nikon Small World @nikoninstruments⁠
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Artist: Fabrice Parais by @seeker

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NASA's JWST confirmed its first exoplanet. Called LHS 475 b, it's a rocket planet that's almost the same size as Earth. JWST's NIRSpec instrument captured the planet, and while researchers know it's a rocky planet, they are unsure if the exoplanet has an atmosphere. ⁠
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Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, Leah Hustak (STScI) by @seeker

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A bunch of futuristic research just got funding from NASA. #NASA #Space #Tech #SpaceTok #Future by @seeker

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NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered opal on Mars — a potential water resource for future human exploration on the Red Planet. #Mars #Opal #Space #CuriosityRover #NASA #Astronomy #GaleCrater by @seeker

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Here’s what we know (and don’t know) about gravity in 60 seconds. #Gravity #GeneralRelativity #Einstein #Science by @seeker

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Gravity is one of our four fundamental forces, and physicists have no idea what it’s made up of. There is a hypothesized “graviton,” but we have never been able to detect it. #Gravity #GeneralRelativity #Einstein by @seeker

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Look at this view of our planet! 🌎 The Korea Aerospace Research Institute shared this image, along with a few others, captured by the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, also known as Danuri. This image was captured in late December and shows the moon’s landscape with our planet emerging from the horizon.⁠
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📸: KARI by @seeker

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This is the stuff of nightmares.⁠
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Photo of ant's head using a confocal and autofluorescence technique at 10x magnification. 🔬#Microscopy⁠
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📸 Courtesy of Nikon Small World @nikoninstruments⁠
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Artist: Dr. Jan Michels⁠ by @seeker

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