#OTD in 2010, NASA announced that the @NASAKepler mission had discovered its first 5 exoplanets (planets beyond our solar system). These first 5 planets were a type of exoplanet known as “Hot Jupiters”, because of their high masses and extreme temperatures. #Hotshots pic.twitter.com/L8UvlecOL8

— NASA History Office (@NASAhistory) January 4, 2018

We're saddened by the loss of astronaut John Young, who was 87. Young flew twice to the Moon, walked on its surface & flew the first Space Shuttle mission. He went to space six times in the Gemini, Apollo & Space Shuttle programs. pic.twitter.com/l4nSwUCMIq

— NASA (@NASA) January 6, 2018

https://t.co/5bI5iIRFcY: How Did the Milky Way Get Its Bulge? Fast-Moving Stars May Hold Clues https://t.co/NpRvGbHrbV

— A Star Trek Fan (@star_trek) January 15, 2018

Orion #Dorset I couldn't help breaking away from my desk the other night, I had the arch all to myself which is a rarity in this #Nightsky hotspot! #Astrophotography #StormHour #EarthCapture #landscapephotography pic.twitter.com/n06Rv2p5I3

— Ollie Taylor (@OllieTPhoto) January 16, 2018

Burns night over Ardmucknish Bay ?? Scotland’s big sky at it’s best #StormHour #VisitScotland #westisbest pic.twitter.com/drMTrjaMuz

— Nick Edgington (@EdgingtonNick) January 26, 2018

Roll up Roll up! The Milky Way core is making a return. If you are lucky enough to have a nice dark, clear sky you can catch it rising in the southeastern sky at around 5am UK time, from mid February onwards. #MilkyWay #astronomy #StormHour pic.twitter.com/SNvNngT8TE

— CLASS Astro (@CLASS_Astro) January 31, 2018

PASS IT ON: Planets Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter will appear in the southeast sky Monday morning an hour before sunrise! #Space pic.twitter.com/00cDLhWnsd

— Mark Tarello (@mark_tarello) February 11, 2018

My favorite astro shot from 2017. Crazy night drive out to akaroa, totally unscouted location but worked out amazing. pic.twitter.com/H4AGL9tLl1

— Rob Dickinson (@Rjdlandscapes) February 20, 2018

Global Twilight

The dawn sky over Dorset this morning was a wondrous sight to behold..#StormHour #dorset #thegreatglobe #milkyway #lovefordorset #martindolanphotography pic.twitter.com/mdPcf4WUen

— Martin Dolan (@Dols34) February 24, 2018

NASA discovers a large amount of water in an exoplanet's atmosphere using the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes: https://t.co/Qdn5vaWp0d

— NASA360 (@NASA360) March 4, 2018