#NASA????

[renthony]

From the article:

NASA has released a free, original tabletop role-playing game, and it’s one part educational experience and another part sci-fi/fantasy epic with magic and dragons. The crux of The Lost Universe, the organization’s first TTRPG,involves a mystery: What would happen if the Hubble Space Telescope disappeared? It’s a simple premise and one that hides the complex backstory underscoring the events of the role-playing game. Without getting into the weeds, the game takes place on a planet called Exlaris, which was once thrown into chaos when a black hole moved too close and kicked it out of its orbit. The planet has since gone back to some degree of normalcy and is now almost completely dedicated to academia. In one city, a scholar named Eirik Hazn made a spell to connect with Earth to study the Hubble Space Telescope, which has famously collected data on black holes. However, the spell and telescope are stolen by a dragon, and researchers working on the project have been disappearing, so the players — Earthlings who worked on the telescope at NASA who were brought through a portal to Exlaris — have to save the day. The official 44-page gameplay book is available to download for free on NASA’s website. You can play it in a party with 4-7 players, but you may need to fudge a few things to graft this narrative onto your TTRPG system of choice. The book says it’ll take around 3-4 hours to get through the adventure.

#NASA made a tabletop game??? #NASA???? #I gotta play this now #NASA #tabletop gaming #gaming news

[catchymemes]

Ohio Total Solar Eclipse

#solar eclipse #eclipse #space #astronomy #sun #sky #clouds #landscape #nature #naturecore #science #nasa #photography #moon #photographers on tumblr

[ur-daily-inspiration]

Someone captured the solar eclipse on an airplane

#astronomy #sky #solar eclipse #nature #clouds #photography #photographers on tumblr #tiktok #nasa #moon #sun

[maculategiraffe]

nasa: we're going to shoot three rockets directly at the sun during the total eclipse. for study and research purposes.

me: oh cool

nasa: we have named the rockets apep. this stands for atmospheric perturbations [in the] eclipse path.

me: oh cool

nasa: apep is also the ancient egyptian deity of chaos and darkness, who ceaselessly seeks to extinguish the sun. we launch these rockets directly at the sun in the name of apep.

me: oh... cool?

#nasa #solar eclipse #nasa you complete nerds #psir

[nasa]

Follow, follow the Sun / And which way the wind blows / When this day is done ⁣🎶 ⁣ Today, April 8, 2024, the last total solar eclipse until 2045 crossed North America.⁣

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!

#nasa #space #science #moon #sun #astronomy #eclipse2024 #solar eclipse #eclipse #total solar eclipse #washington dc #washington monument #timelapse #composite #photography

[floweroflaurelin]

I got the chance to road trip out to the path of totality! My phone camera didn’t do it justice, so I painted what I saw instead 🌞🌚

Here’s the photo I took and the sketch I made with my finger in the notes app while watching it happen 😆

#eclipse #eclipse 2024 #solar eclipse #astronomy #space #science #nasa #illustration #sun #artists on tumblr #nature #cosmos #floweroflaurelin art #solar system

[kwistowee]

TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE l APRIL 2024

ALFREDO JUÁREZ | RAMI ASTRO | JOSHUA INTINI | KENDALL RUST | DERAN HALL | KUZCOKHANDA | TREVOR MAHLMANN | OTHINGSTODO | NASA | STEVEN RATNIK

#natureedit #total solar eclipse #eclipse #eclipse 2024 #2024 eclipse #solar eclipse #astronomy #nasa #solar system #nessa007 #kylebonallo #space #sun #moon #photography #nature photography #nature #usersource #userthing #my edit.

[without-ado]

Total Solar Eclipse l April 2024 l U.S. & Canada

Cr. Deran Hall l Rami Ammoun(236) l GabeWasylko l REUTERS l KendallRust l Joshua Intini l Alfredo Juárez l KuzcoKhanda

#total solar eclipse #space #astrophotography #astronomy #solar eclipse #sky #galaxy #planets #universe #solar system #nasa #sun #moon

[anarchywoofwoof]

so international space station astronauts apparently dropped a tool bag during a spacewalk. and if you look outside when the ISS is in your region, you can see it with binoculars

The tool bag is now orbiting our planet just ahead of the ISS with a visual magnitude of around 6, according to EarthSky. That means it is slightly less bright than the ice giant Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. As a result, the bag  —  officially known as a crew lock bag  —  is slightly too dim to be visible to the unaided eye, but skywatchers should be able to pick it up with binoculars.  To see it for yourself, first find out when you can find spot the space station over the next few months (NASA even has a new app to help you). The bag should be floating two to four minutes ahead of the station. As it descends rapidly, the bag is likely to disintegrate when it reaches an altitude of around 70 miles (113 kilometers) over Earth. 

she's fucking magnificent

#space #news #astronomy #nasa

[perfectly-princely-emo-nightmare]

With NASA announcing their streaming service NASA+ and also announcing it’s going to be free and also ad free, I’d just like to appreciate the lengths they go to make scientific knowledge and exploration as available as they possibly can.

#nasa #nasa+ #science #astronomy #no one’s doing it like NASA

[whilomm]

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#jwst #jwt #james webb space telescope #nasa #space #james webb telescope #james webb images #?

[catchymemes]

Solar eclipse shadows

#solar eclipse #nature #naturecore #science #nasa #photography #moon #sun #astronomy #space

[zegalba]

NASA’s new images of Uranus captured by James Webb Space Telescope (2024)

#nasa #uranus #james webb space telescope #space #science #photography #2024

[daily-spooky]

#solar eclipse #eclipse #photography #naturecore #nature #landscape #goth #gothic #paradise #adventure #explore #astrology #nasa #mountains #space #sun #moon

[nasa]

Do You Love the Color of the Sun?

Get dazzled by the true spectrum of solar beauty. From fiery reds to cool blues, explore the vibrant hues of the Sun in a mesmerizing color order. The images used to make this gradient come from our Solar Dynamics Observatory. Taken in a variety of wavelengths, they give scientists a wealth of data about the Sun. Don't miss the total solar eclipse crossing North America on April 8, 2024. (It's the last one for 20 years!) Set a reminder to watch with us.

#Sun #solar rays #star #space #NASA #magnetic field #science #sunrise #sunset #moon #earth #eclipse

[the-wolf-and-moon]

Comet Leonard

#astronomy #night #sky #space #stars #nasa #universe #science #galaxy #nebula #cosmos #comet #leonard