iotman (59)in #science • 7 hours ago • 7198.1113🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Rocket Eclipse at Sunset 🪐Shockwaves ripple across the glare as a launch eclipses the setting Sun in this exciting close-up. Captured on…iotman (59)in #science • 2 days ago • 7200.5996🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Stellar Streams in the Local Universe 🪐The twenty galaxies arrayed in these panels are part of an ambitious astronomical survey of tidal stellar streams.…iotman (59)in #science • 3 days ago • 7199.8545🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules 🪐In 1716, English astronomer Edmond Halley noted, "This is but a little Patch, but it shows itself to the naked Eye…iotman (59)in #science • 5 days ago • 7199.55🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula 🪐This dusty region is forming stars. Part of a sprawling molecular cloud complex that resembles, to some, a rampaging…iotman (59)in #science • 6 days ago • 7198.7095🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Approaches 🪐What will happen as this already bright comet approaches? Optimistic predictions have Comet C/2023 A3…iotman (59)in #science • 7 days ago • 7197.4287🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Chicagohenge: Equinox in an Aligned City 🪐Chicago, in a way, is like a modern Stonehenge. The way is east to west, and the time is today. Today, and every…iotman (59)in #science • 8 days ago • 7197.063🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Sunrise Shadows in the Sky 🪐The defining astronomical moment of this September's equinox is at 12:44 UTC on September 22, when the Sun crosses the…iotman (59)in #science • 9 days ago • 7197.016🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: A Hazy Harvest Moon 🪐For northern hemisphere dwellers, September's Full Moon was the Harvest Moon. On September 17/18 the sunlit lunar…iotman (59)in #science • 10 days ago • 7196.657🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Dark Seahorse of Cepheus 🪐Spanning light-years, this suggestive shape known as the Seahorse Nebula floats in silhouette against a rich, luminous…iotman (59)in #science • 11 days ago • 7196.334🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant 🪐New stars are born from the remnants of dead stars. The gaseous remnant of the gravitational collapse and subsequent…iotman (59)in #science • 12 days ago • 7195.9453🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Melotte 15 in the Heart Nebula 🪐Cosmic clouds form fantastic shapes in the central regions of emission nebula IC 1805. The clouds are sculpted by…iotman (59)in #science • 13 days ago • 7195.56🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Mercury's Vivaldi Crater from BepiColombo 🪐Why does this large crater on Mercury have two rings and a smooth floor? No one is sure. The unusual feature called…iotman (59)in #science • 14 days ago • 7194.908🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Find the Man in the Moon 🪐Have you ever seen the Man in the Moon? This common question plays on the ability of humans to see pareidolia --…iotman (59)in #science • 15 days ago • 7194.5356🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Moona Lisa 🪐Only natural colors of the Moon in planet Earth's sky appear in this creative visual presentation. Arranged as pixels…iotman (59)in #science • 16 days ago • 7194.167🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Aurora Australis and the International Space Station 🪐This snapshot from the International Space Station was taken on August 11 while orbiting about 430 kilometers above…iotman (59)in #science • 17 days ago • 7196.548🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Young Star Cluster NGC 1333 🪐This spectacular mosaic of images from the James Webb Space Telescope peers into the heart of young star cluster NGC…iotman (59)in #science • 19 days ago • 7196.385🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Horsehead and Orion Nebulas 🪐The dark Horsehead Nebula and the glowing Orion Nebula are contrasting cosmic vistas. Adrift 1,500 light-years away in…iotman (59)in #science • 20 days ago • 7195.8965🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Mars: Moon, Craters, and Volcanos 🪐If you could fly over Mars, what might you see? The featured image shows exactly this in the form of a Mars Express…iotman (59)in #science • 21 days ago • 7195.807🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: M31: The Andromeda Galaxy 🪐The most distant object easily visible to the unaided eye is M31, the great Andromeda Galaxy. Even at some two and a…iotman (59)in #science • 22 days ago • 7195.158🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Small Moon Deimos 🪐Mars has two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, named for the figures in Greek mythology Fear and Panic. Detailed surface…