Happy Halloween 2022 From NASA!
It might be Halloween, but we have plenty of “Easter Eggs” from this video to share.
The building’s mural might say Galaxy of Horrors, but it is also a galaxy of wonders. Here, you can learn about all the images painted on the building:
The Sun as seen by our orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory: https://go.nasa.gov/3Wh5wQ2
Tarantula Nebula: https://go.nasa.gov/3RD7Ldt
Witch Head Nebula: https://go.nasa.gov/2DbYWFo
Black Widow Nebula: https://go.nasa.gov/3DNJ1Lv
Helix Nebula: https://go.nasa.gov/3FwVxjB
Colliding galaxies: https://go.nasa.gov/36kPZ7M
Dead comet: https://go.nasa.gov/3zyPcka
The Andromeda Galaxy: https://go.nasa.gov/3SShuwA
The cat’s eyes get their own nebula (Cat Eye Nebula): https://go.nasa.gov/2Olp55Z
Did you notice who signed the mural? That’s Artemis, goddess of the Moon. Our #Artemis I mission is scheduled to launch around the Moon and back on November 14: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/
Whose portraits are in the building?
Lyman Strong Spitzer, the renowned astrophysicist for whom the Spitzer Space Telescope was named: https://go.nasa.gov/3UgNuMd
Nancy Grace Roman, the astronomer who is considered the “mother” of the Hubble Space Telescope: https://go.nasa.gov/2zfimsw
Posters on the buildings: The original Galaxy of Horrors. Download them here: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/galaxy-of-horrors/
Editor: Mark Hailey
Credit: NASA
