As people celebrate Valentine's Day, social media has become a canvas for netizens to share posts related to this special day. From sharing heartfelt love notes to reminiscing on cherished memories to posting quotes to posting memes, people share a variety of posts. NASA also joined in on the fun with a special share. They posted about the “Moon Love Letter” on Instagram.
But this isn't the first time the space agency has shared a post on social media to celebrate Valentine's Day. In preparation for your special day of love, we've collected five of her posts that NASA has shared over the years.
1. Heart-shaped hug
The space agency posted this stunning image of two galaxies merging. The scenery captured in images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is mesmerizing.
2. Cosmic Rose
“Cosmic Rose from the Spitzer Space Telescope. In 2004, Spitzer captured with its infrared eyes a pink and green rose-like picture of a cluster of newborn stars known as a nebula,” NASA wrote. I posted this wonderful photo.
3. From Mars with love
Back in 2021, NASA shared a post showing a special image taken on Mars. “This image was taken by our Mars Reconnaissance Rover in 2010. A small impact crater near the tip of the heart is responsible for the formation of the bright heart-shaped Valentine,” the space agency writes.
4. Heavenly Valentine
“In this infrared portrait from our Spitzer Space Telescope, we can see the generations of stars. In this wispy star-forming region called W5, the oldest stars are located in the center of two hollow cavities with a blue Visible as dots (the other blue dots are background and foreground stars that are not relevant to this region). Young stars line the edges of the cavity, some pink at the tips of pillars like elephant trunks. Seen as dots of color, the white-knotted regions are where the youngest stars are forming. Red indicates heated dust spreading in the region's cavities, and green highlights dense clouds. “There is,” the space agency explained, posting an astonishing image.
5. What about the science behind Valentine's Day?
That's what NASA asked while sharing a special image on Valentine's Day 2020. “Data from our New Horizons mission shows that Arrokoth's two lobes formed in close proximity and at low speed, orbited each other, and then gently merged to create an object with a long is 22 miles (35 kilometers),” they added to explain what the photo shows.
Which of these images NASA has shared on Valentine's Day over the years did you like the most?
