Kristen Walbolt

Inside the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), @NASAWebb shows stars bursting forth spectacularly, and reveals otherwise invisible glowing gas and dust. Webb's sensitivity can help us detect the disks of gas and grains that will someday form worlds.🤩 esawebb.org/images/potm240…

The cutest!

.@taffyakner on Taylor Swift? I've never clicked faster. Join me, won't you? nytimes.com/2023/10/12/mag…

@JPMajor Gorgeous! As always.

My best view of the #eclipse today through my filtered telescope; a bit cloudy and only about 15% max coverage here in RI. Still very cool!

We had safety glasses, but during the last eclipse, tip-top scientist @starsarecalling taught us that a colander is the way to go. Always listen to the experts! Happy Eclipse, everybody!

Take a moment to take in the Spirograph Nebula. Stare as long as you like. It's 3,900 light-years from Earth and ~0.3 light-years across — about 1.76 trillion miles (2.84 trillion km). Repeat as needed.

Managing social media at this time: Wake up, see news. Cancel light-hearted Halloween posts. Pick lovely, science-timely astro image. End with blue heart to match ''heart'' of image. Wait. Could the blue heart be seen as political?! Ditch it. Slip a bit of other into the world.🤷🏻‍♀️

This is a test image from @esa's Euclid space telescope. It has an instrument that will break down the light from every star or galaxy into wavelength, which is what you see here.

I created this quiz and wrote some words, but the glorious character creation was led by @FoxanneOfficial and visual strategist Joby Harris at @NASAJPL. I love each one, but the Captain is particularly glorious!

@JfkWhitlam Yes, Europa Clipper!

@kWalbolt What spacecraft is that? Clipper?

This spaceship is getting its final touches before testing, and then it's going to Europa. We are living in an age wonder.

You may say ‘‘zany,’’ I say ‘‘zesty!’’ My passion for adventure and for my friends rivals even the fiery intensity of a lava world. What kind of explorer are YOU? Take NASA’s Exoplanet Quiz to see. exoplanets.nasa.gov/quizzes/exopla…

This Saturday, July 1, @ESA's Euclid spacecraft is scheduled to lift off, shedding light on dark matter and dark energy—two of the biggest modern mysteries about our universe. We'll stream ESA's broadcast live on NASA TV starting at 10:30am ET (1430 UTC): go.nasa.gov/3PE1IaY

This is absolutely one of my favorite images, created and rendered beautifully by scientist and artist @AstroRob. From infrared to ultraviolet, we're better together. Happy Pride, y'all!

So much trans excellence this evening. <3 #TonyAwards

Denée Benton at the #TonyAwards on Ron DeSantis: "While I’m certain that the current Grand Wizard ... I’m sorry. Excuse me, governor of my home state of Florida..."

Next year, we're launching for Europa, all of us, with @EuropaClipper. You can send your name on that spacecraft: europa.nasa.gov/message-in-a-b…

Dance with a star and read a light-curve with me...

Two bros took things over and made them worse. They came together to do a big thing in the most nincompooperly way and it was a spectacular disaster. lofl

How many space telescopes does it take to make a dreamscape? A: @NASAWebb, @NASAHubble, @chandraxray, Newton, Spitzer + groundbased.