BlogHide Resteemsiotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β yesterdayπ SpacePicture of a Day: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over Mexico πͺThe new comet has passed its closest to the Sun and is now moving closer to the Earth. C/2023 A3 (TsuchinshanβATLAS) is currently moving out from inside the orbit of Venus and on track to pass itsβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 2 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Seven Dusty Sisters πͺIs this really the famous Pleiades star cluster? Known for its iconic blue stars, the Pleiades is shown here in infrared light where the surrounding dust outshines the stars. Here, three infraredβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 3 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Rocket Eclipse at Sunset πͺShockwaves ripple across the glare as a launch eclipses the setting Sun in this exciting close-up. Captured on September 17, the roaring Falcon 9 rocket carried European Galileo L13 navigationβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 4 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Stellar Streams in the Local Universe πͺThe twenty galaxies arrayed in these panels are part of an ambitious astronomical survey of tidal stellar streams. Each panel presents a composite view; a deep, inverted image taken from publiclyβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 5 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules πͺIn 1716, English astronomer Edmond Halley noted, "This is but a little Patch, but it shows itself to the naked Eye, when the Sky is serene and the Moon absent." Of course, M13 is now less modestlyβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 7 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula πͺThis dusty region is forming stars. Part of a sprawling molecular cloud complex that resembles, to some, a rampaging baboon, the region is a relatively close by 500 light-years away toward theβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 8 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Approaches πͺWhat will happen as this already bright comet approaches? Optimistic predictions have Comet C/2023 A3 (TsuchinshanβATLAS) briefly becoming easily visible to the unaided eye -- although the futureβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 9 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Chicagohenge: Equinox in an Aligned City πͺChicago, in a way, is like a modern Stonehenge. The way is east to west, and the time is today. Today, and every equinox, the Sun will set exactly to the west, everywhere on Earth. Therefore, todayβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 10 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Sunrise Shadows in the Sky πͺThe defining astronomical moment of this September's equinox is at 12:44 UTC on September 22, when the Sun crosses the celestial equator moving south in its yearly journey through planet Earth'sβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 11 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: A Hazy Harvest Moon πͺFor northern hemisphere dwellers, September's Full Moon was the Harvest Moon. On September 17/18 the sunlit lunar nearside passed into shadow, just grazing Earth's umbra, the planet's dark, centralβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 12 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: The Dark Seahorse of Cepheus πͺSpanning light-years, this suggestive shape known as the Seahorse Nebula floats in silhouette against a rich, luminous background of stars. Seen toward the royal northern constellation of Cepheusβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 13 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant πͺNew stars are born from the remnants of dead stars. The gaseous remnant of the gravitational collapse and subsequent death of a very massive star in our Milky Way created the G296.5+10.0 supernovaβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 14 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Melotte 15 in the Heart Nebula πͺCosmic clouds form fantastic shapes in the central regions of emission nebula IC 1805. The clouds are sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from massive hot stars in the nebula's newborn starβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 15 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Mercury's Vivaldi Crater from BepiColombo πͺWhy does this large crater on Mercury have two rings and a smooth floor? No one is sure. The unusual feature called Vivaldi Crater spans 215 kilometers and was imaged again in great detail byβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 16 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Find the Man in the Moon πͺHave you ever seen the Man in the Moon? This common question plays on the ability of humans to see pareidolia -- imagining familiar icons where they don't actually exist. The textured surface ofβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 17 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: The Moona Lisa πͺOnly natural colors of the Moon in planet Earth's sky appear in this creative visual presentation. Arranged as pixels in a framed image, the lunar disks were photographed at different times. Theirβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 18 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Aurora Australis and the International Space Station πͺThis snapshot from the International Space Station was taken on August 11 while orbiting about 430 kilometers above the Indian Ocean, Southern Hemisphere, planet Earth. The spectacular view looksβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 19 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Young Star Cluster NGC 1333 πͺThis spectacular mosaic of images from the James Webb Space Telescope peers into the heart of young star cluster NGC 1333. A mere 1,000 light-years distant toward the heroic constellation Perseusβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 21 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Horsehead and Orion Nebulas πͺThe dark Horsehead Nebula and the glowing Orion Nebula are contrasting cosmic vistas. Adrift 1,500 light-years away in one of the night sky's most recognizable constellations, they appear inβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 22 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Mars: Moon, Craters, and Volcanos πͺIf you could fly over Mars, what might you see? The featured image shows exactly this in the form of a Mars Express vista captured over a particularly interesting region on Mars in July. Theβ¦
