iotman (59)in #science • 6 hours ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Moon Eclipses Saturn 🪐What if Saturn disappeared? Sometimes, it does. It doesn't really go away, though, it just disappears from view when…iotman (59)in #science • 2 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn's Enceladus 🪐Do underground oceans vent through canyons on Saturn's moon Enceladus? Long features dubbed tiger stripes are known…iotman (59)in #science • 3 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: South Pacific Shadowset 🪐The full Moon and Earth's shadow set together in this island skyscape. The alluring scene was captured Tuesday…iotman (59)in #science • 4 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Supernova Remnant CTA 1 🪐There is a quiet pulsar at the heart of CTA 1. The supernova remnant was discovered as a source of emission at radio…iotman (59)in #science • 5 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Dark Tower in Scorpius 🪐In silhouette against a crowded star field along the tail of the arachnological constellation Scorpius, this dusty…iotman (59)in #science • 6 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Fermi's 12-year All-Sky Gamma-ray Map 🪐Forget X-ray vision — imagine what you could see with gamma-ray vision! The featured all-sky map shows what the…iotman (59)in #science • 7 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Supermoon Beyond the Temple of Poseidon 🪐A supermoon occurred yesterday. And tonight's moon should also look impressive. Supermoons appear slightly larger and…iotman (59)in #science • 8 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula 🪐Inside the Cocoon Nebula is a newly developing cluster of stars. Cataloged as IC 5146, the beautiful nebula is nearly…iotman (59)in #science • 10 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Sky Full of Arcs 🪐On August 11 a Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched from a rotating planet. With a small satellite on board its mission…iotman (59)in #science • 11 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Meteor Borealis 🪐A single exposure made with a camera pointed almost due north on August 12 recorded this bright Perseid meteor in the…iotman (59)in #science • 12 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Late Night Vallentuna 🪐Bright Mars and even brighter Jupiter are in close conjunction just above the pine trees in this post-midnight…iotman (59)in #science • 13 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Meteors and Aurora over Germany 🪐This was an unusual night. For one thing, the night sky of August 11 and 12, earlier this week, occurred near the peak…iotman (59)in #science • 14 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Giant Jet from the International Space Station 🪐What's that on the horizon? When circling the Earth on the International Space Station early last month, astronaut…iotman (59)in #science • 15 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Perseid Meteors over Stonehenge 🪐What's happening in the sky above Stonehenge? A meteor shower: specifically, the Perseid meteor shower. A few nights…iotman (59)in #science • 17 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Light, Dark, and Dusty Trifid 🪐Messier 20, popularly known as the Trifid Nebula, lies about 5,000 light-years away toward the nebula rich…iotman (59)in #science • 18 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: A Perseid Below 🪐Denizens of planet Earth typically watch meteor showers by looking up. But this remarkable view, captured on August…iotman (59)in #science • 19 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Periodic Comet Swift-Tuttle 🪐A Halley-type comet with an orbital period of about 133 years, Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle is recognized as the parent of…iotman (59)in #science • 20 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Milky Way Behind Three Merlons 🪐To some, they look like battlements, here protecting us against the center of the Milky Way. The Three Merlons, also…iotman (59)in #science • 21 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Storm Cloud Over Texas 🪐What makes this storm cloud so colorful? First, the cloud itself is composed of millions of tiny droplets of water…iotman (59)in #science • 22 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Milky Way Over Tunisia 🪐That's no moon. On the ground, that's the Lars Homestead in Tunisia. And that's not just any galaxy. That's the…