Hey! Did you hear what happened yesterday?

Guess what awesome news dropped from NASA yesterday? They gave us a little sneak peek into something super exciting happening next year! The big buzz was all about "2025 Space Station Science Snapshots." Sounds like a cool photo album, right? Well, it's even better!

Let's break it down!

So, imagine the International Space Station – that giant, amazing science lab zooming around Earth – is getting ready for a super busy year in 2025. When NASA talks about "2025 Space Station Science Snapshots," it's like they're sharing a glimpse of all the incredible experiments and discoveries they plan to make up there! Think of it as a preview of their coolest plans. They'll be doing everything from seeing how plants grow differently without gravity (pretty wild, right?) to testing out new gadgets that could help us explore even further into space. It's all about pushing the boundaries of what we know and figuring out how humans can live and work far from home. Pretty cool, right? It means a whole lot of brainy astronauts and scientists are gearing up for some serious breakthroughs!

NASA's Pick of the Day

Okay, now prepare for something that looks totally out of this world, but has a super fun explanation! The picture for the day features what looks like a super long, glowy tail, almost like an "artificial comet." But here's the fun twist: what you're seeing isn't a comet tail at all!

It's actually a cleverly put-together series of photos showing a whole bunch of tiny "space helpers" – we call them satellites – orbiting Earth together. These particular ones are called Starlink satellites, and they're like little internet providers whizzing around our planet, bouncing internet signals down to us. In this picture, taken before the sun fully came up, they caught the sunlight just right, making them shine brightly for people in Inner Mongolia, China.

To our eyes, these satellites look like tiny twinkling points, but because the camera was left open for about 20 seconds, it captured their movement as long, awesome streaks of light. It's like drawing with a flashlight in the dark! And get this, there are already over 9,000 of these Starlink satellites zipping around, with more being launched almost every week! Plus, other companies are planning their own teams of satellites too. So, next time you see something streaking across the sky, it might just be a whole parade of our amazing space gadgets at work!