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The misconception that there is no sound in space originates because most space is a ~vacuum, providing no way for sound waves to travel. A galaxy cluster has so much gas that we've picked up actual sound. Here it's amplified, and mixed with other data, to hear a black hole! https://t.co/RobcZs7F9e

exoplanets

On this day, we are thankful for the little white dot just below Saturn's rings. That's us! (You look great, btw,.) Seen from a billion miles away, Earth shines bright. Happy Thanksgiving, friends. We're glad you're here. https://t.co/MhLGIldVt4

There is an exoplanet less reflective than coal. It's the darkest planet ever discovered orbiting a star, and its atmosphere is hotter than lava! It would incinerate any stocking it found itself in. Happy holidays from your exoplanet friends! https://t.co/VCDGobOskt https://t.co/wfk91V0KWf

We've confirmed more than 5,000 planets beyond our solar system. If we add sound for each new world, you can hear the pace of discovery during 30+ years of science. Tones are changed by the planets' distance from their stars. https://t.co/Q72MwrjTwX https://t.co/NzR8Q9CDUY

We've discovered 5,235 planets beyond our solar system. They are strange new worlds and we love them! Meet some of our favorites: https://t.co/c6mqwyx2jc https://t.co/Mh34eEIiNu

Science Alert! Next week, @NASA will be sharing recent discoveries at a science conference. Meanwhile, we'll be sharing the science with *you*! Stay tuned for new planets, @NASAWebb discoveries and more! https://t.co/0h9Y9DAbAn https://t.co/NPHOyeS5K2

Tomorrow is the five-year anniversary of the discovery of seven Earth-size planets orbiting a red star known as TRAPPIST-1. What have we learned since, and what might we learn from @NASAWebb? @NASA scientists will answer your #AskNASA questions tomorrow. https://t.co/GFehDhVmyi https://t.co/wNILji...

⚡️Discovery Alert!🪐 We are adding a whopping 301 exoplanets (worlds beyond our solar system) to the list of confirmed planets! "These 301 discoveries help us better understand planets and solar systems beyond our own, and what makes ours so unique.” https://t.co/hIwCVbMTBO https://t.co/vmKanvLo6...

Discovery Alert 📣 A second Earth-sized planet is found lurking in a nearby star’s habitable zone. It joins three other planets in a red dwarf system 100 light-years away in the Southern constellation Dorado. https://t.co/82uDGPvgUt https://t.co/oFRy2MQhNo

Exoplanet ... or eggs-oplanet? 🥚 Some planets are so close to their stars that they're being pulled and stretched as the stars consume them. WASP-12b is one such doomed world. 🍳 https://t.co/HvqbqNpBKN

For anyone feeling a more introspective #July4th2020, why not gaze at the cosmos with us? Take a minute. We're glad you're here. Deep breaths. We've got this. https://t.co/8Gu9Wsju2q

Hey, you. See that little bright dot under Saturn's rings? That's Earth from almost a billion miles away. Can you imagine how hard it would be to see from *trillions* of miles away? That's how far even the closest exoplanets are! So, how do we find them? https://t.co/OBOjU5PhPG https://t.co/ENwDp022...

Galaxies upon galaxies in a grain of sand... If you held up a grain of sand at arm's length, that would represent the tiny area of sky this first image from @NASAWebb covers. And you can see thousands of galaxies, including the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723! https://t.co/XoyqbaEEC6 https://t.co/ToY7lrO...

How does Kepler-452b compare to Earth? #NASABeyond http://t.co/9QbWx6wPXi http://t.co/0HDtQ3vqjK

Light that left its star on the first day of 2022, is today 5.88 trillion miles (9.46 trillion km) away. Imagine how far you can go in 2023. https://t.co/H3Fhu5Ylvg https://t.co/A46ObfydXf

~700 light-years away, the darkest planet ever discovered orbiting a star is less reflective than coal. Some scientists think an eerie deep red glow would emanate from its burning atmosphere – the air of this planet is as hot as lava. We love it. https://t.co/XomU9O3eNA https://t.co/UgCIAQskED

Stars form from giant clouds of dust and gas, like the 'protostar' here. Eventually enough material collects, and it becomes hot and dense enough to begin nuclear fusion. And that's a star! Leftover gas and dust can become comets, asteroids or planets. https://t.co/967aTLlMFw https://t.co/OGbUh6NNbE

📣Discovery alert!📣 In a first, astronomers find a system of six stars made of three eclipsing binaries. Stars orbit their partners and pairs circle each other. It's a star dance party in space! @NASA's TESS space telescope spotted this strange system. https://t.co/iVGdrwkUyy https://t.co/SYpeadmpM...

When the Sun warms your skin, that light traveled 8 minutes to reach you. The stars in our sky are among the closest in our galaxy, but their light may have traveled for hundreds or millions of years. Space is vast! https://t.co/a3nPoun4Xz https://t.co/Sd5Kxp7MQD