M-17 - Omega Nebula

crescent moon, jupiter and four of its moons

Dark Tower in Scorpius

Good night moon 🌙 #fujixt20 #fujixseries #moonsetting #lunarphotography #astrophotography #createlovetravelviberepeat

Buzz Aldrin is a national treasure

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Jupiter during the day. by Ethan_Roberts123

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I saved this meme in 2013, and a full decade later I learned that its real title is “Is Anyone Out There?”

It was painted by Alan Bean, the fourth astronaut to walk on the moon.

And it still makes a darn good meme. (Even if astronauts do have bits of Velcro in their helmets for exactly this reason.)

Total Solar Eclipse Shadow from a Balloon by 970717

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*** & *** by Lincoln Harrison

The Storm That Missed Earth – “A typical CME [coronal mass ejection] travels at about 1 million mph [1,609,344 kilometers per hour]. This model of the [23 July 2012] event shows the CME (red) speeding in the direction of STEREO A at 6.7 million mph [10,782,604.8 kilometers per hour].” [1024 x 576] by trot-trot

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Daytime moon