PostsCommentsPayoutsiotman (58)in #science • 17 hours ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Galileo's Europa 🪐Looping through the Jovian system in the late 1990s, the Galileo spacecraft recorded stunning views of Europa and…iotman (58)in #science • 2 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri 🪐Globular star cluster Omega Centauri, also known as NGC 5139, is 15,000 light-years away. The cluster is packed with…iotman (58)in #science • 3 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Coma Cluster of Galaxies 🪐Almost every object in the featured photograph is a galaxy. The Coma Cluster of Galaxies pictured here is one of the…iotman (58)in #science • 4 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Comet Pons-Brooks' Ion Tail 🪐Comet Pons-Brooks has quite a tail to tell. First discovered in 1385, this erupting dirty snowball loops back into…iotman (58)in #science • 6 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth 🪐Here is what the Earth looks like during a solar eclipse. The shadow of the Moon can be seen darkening part of Earth.…iotman (58)in #science • 7 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited 🪐This close-up from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE camera shows weathered craters and windblown deposits in…iotman (58)in #science • 8 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Phobos: Moon over Mars 🪐A tiny moon with a scary name, Phobos emerges from behind the Red Planet in this timelapse sequence from the…iotman (58)in #science • 9 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Leo Trio 🪐This popular group leaps into the early evening sky around the March equinox and the northern hemisphere spring.…iotman (58)in #science • 10 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Eyes in Markarian's Galaxy Chain 🪐Across the heart of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster lies a string of galaxies known as Markarian's Chain. Prominent in…iotman (58)in #science • 11 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: A Picturesque Equinox Sunset 🪐What's that at the end of the road? The Sun. Many towns have roads that run east-west, and on two days each year, the…iotman (58)in #science • 12 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Comet Pons-Brooks' Swirling Coma 🪐A bright comet will be visible during next month's total solar eclipse. This very unusual coincidence occurs because…iotman (58)in #science • 13 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: NGC 7714: Starburst after Galaxy Collision 🪐Is this galaxy jumping through a giant ring of stars? Probably not. Although the precise dynamics behind the…iotman (58)in #science • 14 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: ELT and the Milky Way 🪐The southern winter Milky Way sprawls across this night skyscape. Looking due south, the webcam view was recorded near…iotman (58)in #science • 15 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Portrait of NGC 1055 🪐Big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 1055 is a dominant member of a small galaxy group a mere 60 million light-years away…iotman (58)in #science • 16 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Moon Pi and Mountain Shadow 🪐What phase of the Moon is 3.14 radians from the Sun? The Full Moon, of course. Even though the Moon might look full…iotman (58)in #science • 17 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Seagull Nebula 🪐A broad expanse of glowing gas and dust presents a bird-like visage to astronomers from planet Earth, suggesting its…iotman (58)in #science • 18 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: A Galaxy-Shaped Rocket Exhaust Spiral 🪐What's that over the horizon? What may look like a strangely nearby galaxy is actually a normal rocket's exhaust plume…iotman (58)in #science • 19 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: A Full Plankton Moon 🪐What glows in the night? This night featured a combination of usual and unusual glows. Perhaps the most usual glow was…iotman (58)in #science • 20 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: A Total Eclipse at the End of the World 🪐Would you go to the end of the world to see a total eclipse of the Sun? If you did, would you be surprised to find…iotman (58)in #science • 21 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Comet Pons-Brooks in Northern Spring 🪐As spring approaches for northern skygazers Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is growing brighter. Currently visible with small…