Perseverance: Drifting Clouds Just Before Sunrise On Mars (March 18, 2023)

Thor's Helmet

NGC2359 has been featured on this blog a number of times, but this image brought to us by APOD just needed to be re-shared again.

At the heart a Wolf Rayet star, throwing off sheets of atmosphere periodically, and creating this twisted bubble of dust and gas.

The image was captured using narrowband filters, picking out specific elements and the light frequencies they resonate at when bombarded with UV light. It's allowed some of the detailed filaments to be seen.

Ultimately, in the next 15-20, 000 years, this star will go supernova, and despite it's distance of 15,000 light years, will light up our sky for a few months.

Andromeda over the Swiss Alps Image Credit: Dzmitry Kananovich

by Daniel Cid

A universe in motion seen from the International Space Station during a night pass over Earth.

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Timelapse created from images courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center(ISS061-E-110520-111341 eol.jsc.nasa.gov).

Sh2-136, Ghosts of the Cosmos

NASA Hubble Space Telescope - The ‘Swan Nebula’

The photos that NASAHubble & NASAWebb took of The Pillars of Creation inspired me deeply. I had to draw what I saw in the formation: A hand reaching into the universe. What an accomplishment for humankind and what a symbol for exploration and knowledge. Credit 2nd image: NASA

Milky Way by Jonathon Wilcox

this morning NASA abandoned their mars rover Opportunity (aka Oppy) because it (she) got hit by a storm on Mars and it knocked her camera and wheels out and her last words to the team were “my battery is low and it is getting cold”. I know she’s a machine but I’m devastated. Oppy is the one who discovered water on Mars. RIP oppy ily space baby