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Is this what will become of our Sun? Quite possibly. The first hint of our Sun's future was discovered inadvertently in 1764. At that time, Charles Messier was compiling a list of diffuse objects not to be confused with comets. The 27th object on Messier's list, now known as M27 or the Dumbbell Nebula, is a planetary nebula, one of the brightest planetary nebulas on the sky and visible with binoculars toward the constellation of the Fox (Vulpecula). It takes light about 1000 years to reach us from M27, featured here in colors enhanced by red for hydrogen and blue for oxygen. We now know that in about 6 billion years, our Sun will shed its outer gases into a planetary nebula like M27, while its remaining center will become an X-ray hot white dwarf star. Understanding the physics and significance of M27 was well beyond 18th century science, though. Even today, many things remain mysterious about planetary nebulas, including how their intricate shapes are created. Image Credit & Copyright: Francesco Antonucci

Scientists are still studying data from NASA Lucy's flyby of asteroid Donaldjohanson! One of the surprising reveals has been the asteroid's shape, which indicates that it has undergone a lot of activity in its relatively short history. Read more: go.nasa.gov/3SeiBMJ

19 years ago today: Space Shuttle Atlantis' main landing gear touches down at Edwards Air Force Base in California concluding a two-week assembly mission to the International @Space_Station. Sunita Williams, a flight engineer on the Expedition 15 crew, returned to Earth on STS-117 completing 194 days in space, the longest single spaceflight ever by a female astronaut or cosmonaut to that date. This record is now held by @astro_Christina for her 2019–2020 spaceflight (328 days).

Astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir will conduct a spacewalk on June 30 for a robotics repair job. Managers will preview the spacewalk on June 25 on @NASA's YouTube channel. More... go.nasa.gov/3SmOHpy

Located roughly 460 light-years away in Taurus, the molecular cloud L1527 hosts a protostar and shows a faint blue haze plus filamentary PAH (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon) emission. (Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)

A breathtaking view of NGC 6544, where countless stars crowd together in a dazzling globular cluster. (Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA)

In the heart of the Lagoon Nebula are young, massive stars illuminating the gas and dust around them. These younglings blast enough radiation and particles to sculpt this eye-catching landscape. #MondayMotivation

The official FIFA World Cup ball went to space! We're working to inspire the next generation by showing how space exploration inspires innovation in sports science — and everyday life. Learn more: go.nasa.gov/43G4z94

This is all that’s left of a giant star At only 800 light-years from Earth, the Vela supernova remnant is one of the closest examples of these dramatic events (Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team. Acknowledgement: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit)

This photo from the @Space_Station shows the aurora australis arcing over Earth during an active solar event. When energetic particles from space collide with atoms and molecules in the atmosphere, they can cause the colorful glow that we call auroras: go.nasa.gov/4uQdksa

This beautiful image of NGC 1232 highlights its immense 200,000 light year wide structure, with a reddish core, bright blue spiral arms, and a warped companion galaxy. It lies about 60 million light years away in the constellation Eridanus... (Credit: ESO)

A closeup of Ganymede 📸 5 years ago today, NASA's Juno spacecraft flew within 645 miles of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. This flyby was the closest we had gotten to the largest moon in our solar system since a flyby by the Galileo spacecraft in 2000.

In this Gemini North image of Stephan's Quintet, most galaxies are about 300 million light-years away, with the exception of NGC 7320 (top-center), located significantly closer. (Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of NGC 4485, one of the two interacting galaxies that make up Arp 269. (Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Adamo (Stockholm University), G. Bortolini, and the FEAST JWST team)

Hold my hand? In this Hubble view, two galaxies known collectively as NGC 5331 are seen just beginning to "link" their spiral arms. This galactic interaction is unfolding about 450 million light-years away, in the constellation Virgo. Read more: go.nasa.gov/4vxXL9f

Coming soon: one of history’s most complex missions Tune in on Tuesday, June 9, at 11am ET, to meet the astronauts flying aboard Artemis III, the mission that will test docking capabilities with commercial landers in low Earth orbit — an important step to crewed lunar landings.

NGC3576 The Statue of Liberty nebula wallpaper (Pinterest)

NASA provides update on space station leak... go.nasa.gov/4e5oC5k

The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*, is blowing a hot cosmic wind — something scientists have been hunting for over 50 years. ⚫More on the discovery at: chandra.si.edu/photo/2026/sgr…

The car that used to be in my garage is currently in an Earth-Mars elliptical orbit and will be there for at least 10 million years

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Elon Musk sending a Tesla into space remains one of the most iconic and entertaining moments in SpaceX history. 🚀😂

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