iotman (58)in #science • 13 hours ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: M83: Star Streams and a Thousand Rubies 🪐Big, bright, and beautiful, spiral galaxy M83 lies a mere twelve million light-years away, near the southeastern tip…iotman (58)in #science • 2 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: NGC 602: Oyster Star Cluster 🪐The clouds may look like an oyster, and the stars like pearls, but look beyond. Near the outskirts of the Small…iotman (58)in #science • 3 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Time Spiral 🪐What's happened since the universe started? The time spiral shown here features a few notable highlights. At the…iotman (58)in #science • 5 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: A Solstice Moon 🪐Rising opposite the setting Sun, June's Full Moon occurred within about 28 hours of the solstice. The Moon stays close…iotman (58)in #science • 6 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Comet 13P/Olbers 🪐Not a paradox, Comet 13P/Olbers is returning to the inner Solar System after 68 years. The periodic, Halley-type comet…iotman (58)in #science • 7 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Protostellar Outflows in Serpens 🪐Jets of material blasting from newborn stars, are captured in this James Webb Space Telescope close-up of the Serpens…iotman (58)in #science • 9 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Dark Doodad Nebula 🪐What is that strange brown ribbon on the sky? When observing the star cluster NGC 4372, observers frequently take…iotman (58)in #science • 10 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: JADES-GS-z14-0: A New Farthest Object 🪐What if we could see back to the beginning of the universe? We could see galaxies forming. But what did galaxies…iotman (58)in #science • 11 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Colors of Saturn from Cassini 🪐What creates Saturn's colors? The featured picture of Saturn only slightly exaggerates what a human would see if…iotman (58)in #science • 12 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Lynds Dark Nebula 1251 🪐Stars are forming in Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 1251. About 1,000 light-years away and drifting above the plane of our…iotman (58)in #science • 13 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Hubble's NGC 1546 🪐Returning to science operations on June 14, the Hubble Space Telescope used its new pointing mode to capture this…iotman (58)in #science • 14 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Sandy and the Moon Halo 🪐Last April's Full Moon shines through high clouds near the horizon, casting shadows in this garden-at-night skyscape.…iotman (58)in #science • 15 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: NGC 6188: Dragons of Ara 🪐Do dragons fight on the altar of the sky? Although it might appear that way, these dragons are illusions made of thin…iotman (58)in #science • 19 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Prominences and Filaments on the Active Sun 🪐This colorized and sharpened image of the Sun is composed of frames recording emission from hydrogen atoms in the…iotman (58)in #science • 20 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: RCW 85 🪐From the 1960 astronomical catalog of Rodgers, Campbell and Whiteoak, emission region RCW 85 shines in southern night…iotman (58)in #science • 22 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Aurora over Karkonosze Mountains 🪐It was the first time ever. At least, the first time this photographer had ever seen aurora from his home mountains.…iotman (58)in #science • 23 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Colorful Stars and Clouds near Rho Ophiuchi 🪐Why is the sky near Antares and Rho Ophiuchi so colorful, yet dusty? The colors result from a mixture of objects and…iotman (58)in #science • 24 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Sh2-132: The Lion Nebula 🪐Is the Lion Nebula the real ruler of the constellation Cepheus? This powerful feline appearing nebula is powered by…iotman (58)in #science • 26 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies 🪐This deep field mosaicked image presents a stunning view of galaxy cluster Abell 2744 recorded by the James Webb Space…iotman (58)in #science • 28 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge 🪐Magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4565 is viewed edge-on from planet Earth. Also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow…
