Discovery Alert!📣
Two super-Earths orbit a small red star just 93 light-years away from us. One is in the habitable zone, the distance from a star where liquid water *could* exist on a planet's surface. https://t.co/cXgEXlcdz3
T+plus 2 hours. Centaur continues to coast away from the Earth in this orbit. Stage systems are reported nominal as the rocket performs a slow roll to keep the solar heating evenly distributed on all surfaces.
To recap, #AtlasV launched at 5:36pmEDT (2136 UTC) from Cape Canaveral. The rocket is traveling through space on its six-hour mission to deliver the #SES20 and #SES21 satellites into near-geosynchronous orbits for @SES_Satellites. https://t.co/g2gGpL4HAD
Falcon 9 and Dragon are looking good for tomorrow’s Crew-5 launch at 12:00 p.m. ET; teams are keeping an eye on winds along the ascent corridor. Webcast will go live at 8:35 a.m. ET → https://t.co/k09m3qyfv5
Feeling starstruck? 🌟
Young stars shine in this #HubbleClassic image of a stellar nursery known as N159. They emit intense ultraviolet light which causes nearby hydrogen gas to glow!
N159 is located over 160,000 light-years away. Find out more: https://t.co/VsewDrqDmf