Mike Toillion

Filmmaker for NASA Astrobiology & bulldog enthusiast. Our Alien Earth streaming now on NASA+. Don't panic and always know where your towel is. IG: @miketoillion

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So honored to be featured on the big #NASA account 🥰

Go check out OUR ALIEN EARTH, the #astrobiology field expedition documentary series, now streaming on NASA+!

https://t.co/91Bue6VpU2

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Our home planet has some extreme environments! Studying those places can help inform our missions searching for life elsewhere.

From the lava fields of Iceland to the undersea volcanoes of Santorini, follow NASA scientists as they explore Our Alien Earth: https://t.co/bhE6p2GDxn

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Can we detect life just from the gases around us? In Episode 4 of Our Alien Earth, astrobiologists test a new technique in Hawaiian lava tubes. 🌋

Watch their expedition and witness firsthand how we prepare to search for life on worlds like @NASAMars: https://t.co/IxHJnRisz4

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We're back!

Delve deep beneath the volcanoes of #Hawaii with four teams of #NASA astrobiologists as they investigate how life might survive in the subsurface of other worlds.

Our Alien Earth: The Lava Tubes of Mauna Loa is now streaming on NASA+: https://t.co/o8sWzJZzde

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Four teams. One mission: to advance NASA’s search for life beyond Earth. In a new episode of the NASA+ documentary Our Alien Earth, journey with astrobiologists into Hawai‘i’s lava tubes as they test tools that could one day guide explorers on Mars. https://t.co/RZt61Dq79J

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Four teams. One mission: to advance NASA’s search for life beyond Earth. In a new episode of the NASA+ documentary Our Alien Earth, journey with astrobiologists into Hawai‘i’s lava tubes as they test tools that could one day guide explorers on Mars. https://t.co/RZt61Dq79J

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Our next #AskAstrobio guest, Dr. Amber Young, uses climate and photochemical modeling to identify clear signs of life in Earth’s atmosphere—and applies that expertise to develop new strategies for detecting life on distant rocky planets. Join her live Q&A on June 17 at 1pm ET: https://t.co/hS5V9hTTLk

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Our next guest for #AskAstrobio is Dr. Lígia Fonseca Coelho, an astrobiologist who studies biological pigments of a certain color that she says could expand our list of potential candidates for habitable worlds outside our solar system! What color planets should future telescopes include in their search? Vote here: https://t.co/euZLZcptGJ

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What if colors hold the key to finding alien life? Get answers straight from the expert!

Dr. Lígia Coelho joins #AskAstrobio live today at 1pm ET to discuss her groundbreaking microbial research and space exploration innovations. Bring your questions & share for a shoutout: https://t.co/n4yCLEA7L2

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New #NASA video series dropping: NASA for Kids | #ELI5 – the OSIRIS-REx Mission: Our First Asteroid Sample Return!

Explain It Like I'm Five, because rocket science doesn't have to be hard 🚀

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Space is amazing—but understanding it shouldn’t be rocket science. Our new series Explain It Like I’m Five makes complex space missions simple, fun, and fast to learn. Whether you're 5 or 50, we've got you! Watch episode 1 on NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission: https://t.co/PKZsLpxUfB

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NASA+, @NASA's own streaming service featuring Our Alien Earth, in the running for a #Webbys People’s Voice award! Please help and show the world that you value documentaries about space science and more by voting here: https://t.co/osMrRbLnQJ

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@NASA is currently in 1st place for the #Webbys People’s Voice, and we need your help to stay there! Please VOTE for the 2025 Total Solar Eclipse broadcast: https://t.co/Ohwz64aCal

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We’ve been nominated for 10 Webby awards!

From solar eclipses to lunar landings, we love bringing the magic of the universe to you. If you’ve been inspired by what we’ve shared, vote for us in @TheWebbyAwards: https://t.co/k0XWoxVR1G

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Congratulations to all the nominated #NASA teams for this year's @TheWebbyAwards! Check out the link below and vote today 🏆 #Webbys

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#AskAstrobio welcomes Dr. Sara Russell, a cosmic mineralogist & meteorite hunter who contributed to #OSIRISREx sample return discoveries! Sara studies the origin of water in the Solar System & geological processes of asteroids. Ask questions on March 27 at 1pm ET here: https://t.co/JQ5rMuq9Cp

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Our next guest on #AskAstrobio, the Natural History Museum in London's Dr. Sara Russell, loves hunting for meteorites. Can you guess how many expeditions to Antarctica Dr. Russell has conducted in her career? Cast your vote here & join March 27 at 1pm ET: https://t.co/zo13KFLAwQ

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On March 1, two worlds collide as we celebrate @EuropaClipper's first gravity assist on its way to the Jupiter system. It will fly by another astrobiology favorite for study – the planet Mars! Get a breakdown on the maneuver by our ocean world explorer: https://t.co/7Q1RRUNoEA

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Hey @EuropaClipper, thanks for swinging by the Red Planet! You were here for a gravity assist; I’m here for rock collecting—teamwork makes the interplanetary dream work as we seek to unlock the secrets of life beyond Earth.

Wish you could've stayed for longer. Safe journeys!

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We're reminded that every species that ever lived, every dream ever dared, existed on that pale blue dot connected across time and the universe itself. 🌍💙

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#AskAstrobio welcomes Dr. Nathalie Cabrol, director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute, on Feb. 6 at 3pm ET! Cabrol conducts field work research for Mars and Titan, document's life adaption to extremes, and more.

Join the live Q&A: https://t.co/eLHF9ugwAr

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Our next guest on #AskAstrobio, Dr. Nathalie Cabrol from the SETI institute, conducts fieldwork all over the world. What record did she unknowingly break during a scientific expedition to Chile? Comment below for a chance to get a shout-out during tomorrow's live show!

Vote: https://t.co/f4Ec5TSIXf

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📰It's breaking news from #OSIRISREx. Scientists found molecules key to life as we know it & the history of a saltwater environment in a new analysis of asteroid Bennu samples. Findings don't show evidence for life but suggest conditions for its emergence were widespread.

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Welcome! Welcome! Welcome! 🙌

Today over 300 students from across the U.S. are starting their first day as #NASAInterns. They'll help pave the way for a brighter tomorrow as part of the #ArtemisGeneration.

Join our next cohort: https://t.co/pUmAlqhkvB