BlogHide Resteemsiotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 19 hours agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Messier 6 πͺThe sixth object in Charles Messier's famous catalog of things which are not comets, Messier 6 is a galactic or open star cluster. A gathering of 100 stars or so, all around 100 million years youngβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 2 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: ISS Meets Saturn πͺThis month, bright planet Saturn rises in evening skies, its rings oriented nearly edge-on when viewed from planet Earth. And in the early morning hours on July 6, it posed very briefly with theβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 3 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: 3I/ATLAS πͺDiscovered on July 1 with the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert, System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, 3I/ATLAS is so designated as the third known interstellarβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 4 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: The Rosette Nebula from DECam πͺWould the Rosette Nebula by any other name look as sweet? The bland New General Catalog designation of NGC 2237 doesn't appear to diminish the appearance of this flowery emission nebula, as capturedβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 5 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Collapse in Hebes Chasma on Mars πͺWhat's happened in Hebes Chasma on Mars? Hebes Chasma is a depression just north of the enormous Valles Marineris canyon. Since the depression is unconnected to other surface features, it isβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 6 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: NGC 2685: The Helix Galaxy πͺWhat is going on with this galaxy? NGC 2685 is a confirmed polar ring galaxy - a rare type of galaxy with stars, gas and dust orbiting in rings perpendicular to the plane of a flat galactic disk.β¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 7 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Planetary Nebula Mz3: The Ant Nebula πͺWhy isn't this ant a big sphere? Planetary nebula Mz3 is being cast off by a star similar to our Sun that is, surely, round. Why then would the gas that is streaming away create an ant-shapedβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 8 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Clouds and the Golden Moon πͺAs the Sun set, a bright Full Moon rose on July 10. Its golden light illuminates clouds drifting through southern hemisphere skies in this well-composed telephoto image from Conceição do CoitΓ©β¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 9 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: The Veins of Heaven πͺTransfusing sunlight as the sky grew darker, this exceptional display of noctilucent clouds was captured on July 10, reflected in the calm waters of Vallentuna Lake near Stockholm, Sweden. From theβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 11 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: A Beautiful Trifid πͺThe beautiful Trifid Nebula is a cosmic study in contrasts. Also known as M20, it lies about 5,000 light-years away toward the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. A star forming region in theβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 12 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: The Pleiades in Red and Blue πͺIf you have looked at the sky and seen a group of stars about the size of the full Moon, that's the Pleiades (M45). Perhaps the most famous star cluster in the sky, its brightest stars can be seenβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 13 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS πͺIt came from outer space. An object from outside our Solar System is now passing through at high speed. Classified as a comet because of its gaseous coma, 3I/ATLAS is only the third identifiedβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 14 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: The Spiral North Pole of Mars πͺWhy is there a spiral around the North Pole of Mars? Each winter this pole develops a new outer layer about one meter thick composed of carbon dioxide frozen out of the thin Martian atmosphere.β¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 15 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Ou4: The Giant Squid Nebula πͺDifficult to capture, this mysterious, squid-shaped interstellar cloud spans nearly three full moons in planet Earth's sky. Discovered in 2011 by French astro-imager Nicolas Outters, the Squidβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 17 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Nova V462 Lupi Now Visible πͺIf you know where to look, you can see a thermonuclear explosion from a white dwarf star. Possibly two. Such explosions are known as novas and the detonations are currently faintly visible with theβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 18 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Milky Way Through Otago Spires πͺDoes the Milky Way always rise between these two rocks? No. Capturing this stunning alignment took careful planning: being in the right place at the right time. In the featured image taken in Juneβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 19 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Eye Sky a Dragon πͺWhat do you see when you look into this sky? In the center, in the dark, do you see a night sky filled with stars? Do you see a sunset to the left? Clouds all around? Do you see the central band ofβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 20 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: NGC 4651: The Umbrella Galaxy πͺIt's raining stars. What appears to be a giant cosmic umbrella is now known to be a tidal stream of stars stripped from a small satellite galaxy. The main galaxy, spiral galaxy NGC 4651, is aboutβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 21 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Dark Sand Cascades on Mars πͺAre these trees growing on Mars? No. Groups of dark brown streaks have been photographed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on melting pinkish sand dunes covered with light frost. The featuredβ¦iotman (59)inΒ scienceΒ β’Β 22 days agoπ SpacePicture of a Day: Lunar Farside πͺTidally locked in synchronous rotation, the Moon always presents its familiar nearside to denizens of planet Earth. From lunar orbit, the Moon's farside can become familiar, though. In fact thisβ¦
