Saturn observed by space probe Voyager 1 on November 16, 1980
Credit: NASA
Glorious Neptune, observed by Voyager 2 on August 24, 1989.
(NASA/Kevin Gill)
The Milky Way and its red nebulae hanging over the Isaac Newton Telescope at La Palma // Jakob Sahner
November 12, 1980: Voyager 1 made its closest approach to Saturn, flying within 124,000 kilometers (77,000 miles) of the ringed planet.
working in space (x)
Over 800 terrestrial exoplanets visualized and arranged according to their equilibrium temperature and size.
chart by u/mVargic
A solar eclipse seen from space.
The California Nebula, NGC 1499 // Alex Weinstein
The bright star to the right is Menkib (ξ Persei), whose name comes from the Arabic phrase mankib al Thurayya meaning "shoulder of the Pleiades".
NGC 1365, Heart of the Universe
The Sun’s corona during a solar-eclipse.
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