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Let's Go Explore some Exoplanets!

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Potentially Habitable Worlds
CREDIT: PHL @ UPR Arecibo

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After traveling 9 years and covering 3 billion miles, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got this shot.

The icy mountains of Pluto.

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Optimization of Petal-Shaped Occulters for Exo-Earth Observation https://t.co/Bv7BMsqww0

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How High-pressure Ices On Large Ocean Worlds Can Support Habitability: The Compatibility Of Amino Acids Into Ice VI And VII https://t.co/009qj2nGHW

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Rosetta's Selfie
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#PPOD: The First Look at Venus

On October 22, 1975, the Soviet Union's Venera 9 spacecraft made history by transmitting the first photograph from another planet's surface. Landing on Venus at about 32° south latitude, the spacecraft survived for 53 minutes in crushing atmospheric pressure and temperatures hot enough to melt lead.

The black-and-white panorama reveals a rocky landscape dominated by angular, partially weathered stones roughly 30–40 centimeters across, many partly buried in soil. The bright white shape at the bottom is part of the lander, while the scene's curved appearance results from the camera's imaging system. Although Venera 9 returned only this single view, it gave humanity its first direct glimpse of Venus's surface, transforming a world hidden beneath thick clouds into a place we could finally see.

Credit: Soviet Academy of Sciences

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Eight Expedition 75 crew members gather inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module for a daily planning conference at the end of their shift.

📸 NASA

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Andromeda in Southern Spring
Credit & Copyright:Lucy Yunxi Hu

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Sunrise today from Stonehenge 🌅 ☀

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A Menagerie of Brown Dwarfs
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Star Trails Above Earth
Credit: NASA/Anil Menon

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Hubble Reveals Planetary Nurseries in Orion
Credit: NASA, C. R. O'Dell, and S. K. Wong (Rice University)

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A Window on the Milky Way
Credit: ESO