NASA's Roman Cosmic Cake

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We are celebrating 100th anniversary of Dr. Nancy Grace Roman’s birth, we’re baking a birthday cake! Dr. Roman was @NASA's first chief astronomer and the namesake for our nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. This isn’t your ordinary birthday treat — this cosmic cake represents the contents of our universe and everything the Roman telescope will uncover. Check out the full recipe: https://go.nasa.gov/43pNnEf 00:00 A woman with blond hair and glasses wearing a black polo with the Roman 18 detector logo on the top left is holding a whisk and is standing inside of a kitchen with two mixing bowls and a measuring cup. 00:10 A black round cake with black piping decor on it, gold powder is dusted onto the cake. 00:13 The woman pipes on black frosting onto the top of the cake and add more gold powder. 00:19 The cake slowly spins revealing a slice has been cut out. Various colorful candies and sprinkles spill out of the center of the cake. Close up on the cake. 00:28 The unfrosted cake is three layers stacked, going from biggest to smallest. 00:31 Blue dye is mixed into a mixing bowl of yellow cake mix. Red dye is mixed into another bowl of batter, and green dye into a third bowl of batter. The woman closes the oven with cake pans inside. 00:43 The woman adds yellow sprinkles to a bowl. Cut to a simulated image filled with bright white and yellow stars. Cut back to the woman adding white sprinkles and then to another simulated image of space filled with gas and

Published 2025-05-16 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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