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[Roy Umphrey @RoyUmphrey]

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[Roy Umphrey @RoyUmphrey]

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[Lawrence M. Krauss @LKrauss1]

A lovely photo (credit Pete Lawrence) showing time lapse images of Jupiter and Saturn as they have converged, leading up to closest approach tonight. Closest since 1623.

[NASA @NASA]

Skywatchers, you're in for a once-in-a-lifetime treat! Jupiter & Saturn are doing a planetary dance that will result in the Great Conjunction on Dec 21, just after sunset. Find out:

🤩 When and where to look up
📷 How to photograph the conjunction

Visit: https://t.co/SdQSLex2Ex

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

Like an invasion of hostile space aliens, COVID-19 Is an enemy of the human species that won’t negotiate. It cares not of your nationality, ideology, politics, or religion. This enemy of us all requires a global effort to combat, guided by science and not by magical thinking.

[NASA @NASA]

Visualize a mind-bending black hole 😱

The gravity of a black hole is so intense, it distorts its surroundings like a carnival mirror. Simulations help us see what Einstein meant when he said gravity warps the fabric of space & time. https://t.co/kAJ0XhZlJj #BlackHoleFriday

[NASA @NASA]

What happens when a star strays too close to a black hole? Intense tides break it apart into a stream of gas. @NASA_TESS helped produce the most detailed look yet at the beginning of this cataclysmic phenomenon. Visualize how it unfolded: https://t.co/k8V9LFVX9f

#BlackHoleWeek⚫

[NASA @NASA]

What’s up in the sky? Look for lovely crescent Moons at the start and end of the month. The September equinox brings the beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere. And Mars is at solar conjunction, meaning it has disappeared from night skies! More: https://t.co/DFaZ3DROr8

[Nick Hague @AstroHague]

The eye of #HurricaneDorain. You can feel the power of the storm when you stare into its eye from above. Stay safe everyone!

[Christina H Koch @Astro_Christina]

#HurricaneDorian as seen from @Space_Station earlier today. Hoping everyone in its path stays safe.

[NASA Marshall @NASA_Marshall]

NASA's Mars 2020 mission is scheduled to blast off next July — but you only have six weeks left to add your name to its rover!

Here's how >> https://t.co/eUb2Ap91WJ

[NASA @NASA]

You know who’s having a hot ... summer? 🔥 💁 😎

Our #ParkerSolarProbe that’s on a mission to “touch” the Sun. In 365 days, it has outdone itself – providing scientists with twice as much data as originally anticipated. Find out more about its milestones: https://t.co/n2OZA0Fwke

[NASA @NASA]

Airplanes fly about 600mph, but the @Space_Station orbits Earth at 17,500mph and looks like a very bright star moving across the sky. Did you know that you can track when the station will pass overhead? Find out when and where to look up: https://t.co/R3nMsWJGpx

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

When the Moon first formed, four billion years ago, it was 20x closer than it is today, 400x larger on the sky, and Tides were 8,000x higher.

[Katie Mack @AstroKatie]

DISAMBIGUATION:
🔮 ASTROLOGY is the notion that the positions of stars and planets can somehow influence your personality and daily life
🔭 ASTRONOMY is the scientific discipline that tells us why they can't

[International Space Station @Space_Station]

This time-lapse video from astronaut Nick Hague squeezes a 30-minute station trip over a cloudy Earth into 60 seconds, covering the northwest of Fiji in the Pacific to off the coast of Argentina in the Atlantic.

[NASA InSight @NASAInSight]

Before I left Earth, 2.4 million people sent in their names for me to carry to Mars. Miss your chance? Or want to go again? Great news: I have a new friend coming soon, and she can give you all a ride!

Send Your Name to Mars: https://t.co/vR78w7QI1F

[Mr. Newberger @jeremynewberger]

Do you know what a house is?
Ben Carson: Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies?

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Rep. Katie Porter: "Do you know what an REO is?"
Secretary Ben Carson: "An Oreo?"
Porter: "No, not an OREO. An REO. R-E-O."
Carson: "Real estate?"
Porter: "What's the 'O' stand for?"