Are You Following NASA On Twitter? Here’s A Few Reasons Why You Should Be Following NASA On Twitter

Of course, Twitter is a complicated place. It’s an interesting/frustrating mix of Normals, celebrities, companies, brands, pets, and fake things that…
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Are You Following NASA On Twitter? Here’s A Few Reasons Why You Should Be Following NASA On Twitter

Of course, Twitter is a complicated place. It’s an interesting/frustrating mix of Normals, celebrities, companies, brands, pets, and fake things that…

Words: Breanna Murphy

header photo courtesy of @NASA

October 10, 2014

Twitter image from NASA / cred: https://twitter.com/NASA/status/520288567520530433

Of course, Twitter is a complicated place. It’s an interesting/frustrating mix of Normals, celebrities, companies, brands, pets, and fake things that are either very good, very bad, or somewhere in between in their success in brevity on social media. NASA’s Twitter account is an undoubtable, forever entry in the first category. If Twitter ever collapsed, I’d argue saving it just for @NASA to keep on tweeting because they are #doingitright.


In addition to pictures of #space, which frankly never get old, they Tweet about weather. FROM SPACE.


And the seasons. FROM SPACE.


They keep us up to date on solar flares:


And live-tweet blood moons:


They have a great sense of humor:


They win any made-up national trending hashtag day:


They live-tweet history:


No one does sunrises like them (from @Astro_Reid):


Or volcano eruptions #volcanoes #teamwork:  


Basically, science is great. Space is great. And NASA’s Twitter account is a gift to us all. #SPACE

 

You can always check to see who’s currently on the International Space Station, and you should definitely make sure to follow them on Twitter, too. (Currently, it’s: @Astro_Alex@MSuraev, and @Astro_Reid)