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New results from our Juno mission suggest the planet is home to “shallow lightning.” An unexpected form of electrical discharge, shallow lightning comes from a unique ammonia-water solution. ⁣

⁣It was previously thought that lightning on Jupiter was similar to Earth, forming only in thunderstorms where water exists in all its phases – ice, liquid, and gas. But flashes observed at altitudes too cold for pure liquid water to exist told a different story. This illustration uses data obtained by the mission to show what these high-altitude electrical storms look like. ⁣

Understanding the inner workings of Jupiter allows us to develop theories about atmospheres on other planets and exoplanets! ⁣

Illustration Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Heidi N. Becker/Koji Kuramura⁣

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The view of and from Bruce McCandless while conducting the first untethered EVA and preliminary test-flight of the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) on February 12, 1984. Bruce ventured approximately 320 feet from the orbiter.

Some nice music that I think about a lot

MAZEL THE FUCK TOV.

Concept art of the Space Shuttle returning from Space.

Artwork by G. Harry Stine

Date: 1978

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HP 9845C by ✖ Daniel Rehn

Ah yes, an Apollo CSM can hold five people

MOLLY COBB in For All Mankind (2019– )

Commission for @czesui on twitter

Altiplano (Malena Szlam, 2018)