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Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· 23d

Humans landed on the moon for the first time 57 years ago today 🌕

An astronaut in a white spacesuit stands on the lunar surface next to a planted American flag. Footprints and tread marks are visible in the grey moon dust, and the dark lunar module is partially visible in the background against a black sky.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· 24d

13 years ago today, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this iconic view of Earth from Saturn's orbit 🪐 That tiny blue dot is us from nearly 900 million miles away!!

A view from Saturn's orbit showing the planet's dark silhouette in the upper left, its tan and brown rings stretching across the top right, and a thin blue atmospheric glow. A tiny blue dot, representing Earth, is visible against the dark background.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· 26d

NEWS 🚨: Astronomers have evidence of an atmosphere on a potentially habitable world 49 light-years away "This is an extraordinary result if confirmed. The signal is definitely there" "[If it holds greenhouse gases] it could possess a liquid water ocean warm enough to swim in"

Artist's concept of a red dwarf star with a small planet transiting, and a larger rocky planet with a thin, glowing atmosphere against a starry background.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· 26d

NEWS 🚨: NASA's Curiosity rover has found the first evidence of an 'intense' ancient sandstorm on Mars that occurred billions of years ago

A landscape of Mars featuring large, flat, layered rock formations and smaller scattered stones across a sandy surface.

An artist's concept of an intense ancient sandstorm on Mars, showing massive, billowing clouds of orange dust rising from a flat, desert-like landscape.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· 27d

BREAKING 🚨: Astronomers have discovered the faintest planet ever seen from Earth It was found hiding in one of the most studied star systems in our galaxy The planet has been designated Beta Pictoris d

A split image showing a James Webb Space Telescope infrared image of the Beta Pictoris system in orange tones, with a red arrow pointing to a faint dot, and an artist concept below it showing a planet in a dark star system, also indicated by a red arrow.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· 28d

Centaurus A stuns in new James Webb Space Telescope image

A wide James Webb Space Telescope image of the Centaurus A galaxy, showing a bright, glowing white core surrounded by swirling clouds of blue and purple gas and dust against a dark, star-filled background.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· 28d

NEWS 🚨: Astronomers have detected sugar in interstellar space for the first time ever The molecule was found in a gas cloud near the center of the Milky Way

A wide view of the center of the Milky Way galaxy, featuring a dense band of glowing red and orange gas and dust clouds interspersed with countless bright stars against a dark space background.

A silver spoon holds a single white sugar cube above a white cup filled with a pile of white sugar cubes.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jul 13

NEWS 🚨: NASA is set to begin stacking the SLS rocket for Artemis III within weeks All booster segments and the core stage are now at Kennedy Space Center ahead of a 2027 launch

A tall, orange and white Space Launch System rocket stands vertically on a launch pad, flanked by two white boosters and a complex metal launch tower, with palm trees in the foreground.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jul 11

NEWS 🚨: NASA is looking for 4 volunteers to spend a year in a simulated Moon and Mars mission starting no earlier than August 2027

Inside a simulated Martian landscape within a white dome. The floor is covered in reddish-orange sand, and the walls feature murals of red rocky terrain. Equipment including a rover, a small tent, and storage bins are scattered across the area.

Inside a simulated Mars habitat with red sand on the floor and a red rock wall. An orange piece of equipment with white pipes stands in the center, and several people are gathered in the background near a white dome ceiling.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jul 10

BREAKING 🚨: China becomes the second nation to recover an orbital rocket’s first stage, after the US The Long March 10B booster hovered on its engines, then dropped straight into a net at sea

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jul 9

NASA's Psyche spacecraft just hit its 1,000th day in space It reaches the metal-rich asteroid Psyche in August 2029 ☄️

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jul 7

Here’s what happens when two galaxies collide ✨ 📽️: NCSA, NASA, B. Robertson, L. Hernquist

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jul 6

Hubble captures a stunning new image of LH 95 🎆 It’s a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud

A Hubble Space Telescope image of LH 95, a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The scene is filled with glowing red gas and dark dust clouds, interspersed with numerous bright blue and white stars.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jul 4

Venus up close — from Japan’s climate obiter spacecraft

A close-up view of Venus, showing a sphere of thick, swirling clouds in shades of pale blue, white, and tan against a black background.

A close-up view of the planet Venus, showing a thick, pale yellow and white cloud cover with subtle swirling patterns, set against a black background.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jul 3

Flying under the south pole of Jupiter, taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft

A top-down view of Jupiter's south pole, showing a deep blue center surrounded by swirling patterns of light blue, white, and tan clouds.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jun 30

NASA releases a stunning new image of the Chandelier Cluster 🌌 Globular clusters are dense collections of thousands to millions of stars, all bound together by gravity 📷 Hubble

A dense, spherical cluster of thousands of stars against a black background. The stars are mostly white and blue, with a few orange-tinted stars scattered throughout, becoming most concentrated at the center.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jun 27

This is a giant cloud of interstellar dust traveling around our galaxy — blocking out the light of stars ✨ Scientists estimate it to be about the size of our entire solar system 🤯

A dense, dark cloud of interstellar dust creates a void in a field of countless bright, twinkling stars of various colors.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jun 25

Largest and most detailed visible-light photo ever taken of the Milky Way’s center ✨ Over 60M stars captured in a single image 😮 📷 @ESA

A dense field of millions of stars in the center of the Milky Way, appearing as a glowing golden and reddish haze with dark, silhouetted dust clouds scattered throughout.

A dense field of millions of stars of varying sizes and brightness, appearing as white, yellow, and orange points of light against a dark, reddish-brown cosmic background.

A dense field of countless golden and white stars, with dark, irregular clouds of interstellar dust obscuring the starlight in the center and left side of the image.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jun 23

A star is born ✨ This gorgeous JWST image shows gas and dust glowing around a protostar at the brink of its formation

A JWST image of a protostar forming within an hourglass-shaped cloud of dust and gas. The upper lobe glows in fiery orange and red, while the lower lobe shines in blue, purple, and orange. A bright, narrow neck connects them against a dark, starry background.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jun 21

Today will be the longest day and shortest night of the year for everyone in the Northern Hemisphere Happy summer solstice ☀️

A bright white sun shines brilliantly in a vibrant yellow and orange sky. Dramatic sunbeams radiate outwards, shining through a layer of orange clouds below the sun.

A world map with the Northern Hemisphere highlighted in green and the Southern Hemisphere in white. A pink horizontal line marks the Equator.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jun 19

Looking out into the vastness of space from the windows of the ISS ✨ 📷 @Thom_astro

A view from space shows the curved horizon of Earth with a blue and orange atmospheric glow at the top. Below, a dense field of stars fills the dark sky. In the bottom right, parts of the International Space Station, including modules and solar panels, are visible.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jun 17

Earlier this month, NASA officially declared its MAVEN spacecraft dead after it went silent on Dec. 6 A review board found it began spinning unexpectedly, draining its batteries and cutting power to its comms 🪦RIP MAVEN 2014 - 2026

An artist's concept of the MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars. The spacecraft has two large blue solar panels and a gold central body with a white conical top. Mars, a reddish-orange planet, is visible in the lower right, against a dark, star-filled space.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jun 17

NOW 🚨: Today (June 17), the Moon will pass directly in front of Venus in a rare daytime occultation Visible across much of the US, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean

A bright, thin crescent of Venus is visible against a clear blue sky, positioned just to the left of the faint, curved edge of the Moon.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jun 17

An astronaut washing his head in space

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jun 16

In different wavelengths

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jun 16

The Sun seen just 10 minutes ago🌞

A full-disk, false-color image of the Sun, rendered in shades of orange and brown. Dark, swirling filaments and brighter active regions are visible across its textured surface, with a glowing halo around the edge.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jun 16

The Orion Nebula — seen from the James Webb Space Telescope ✨

$The Orion Nebula, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. A vibrant cosmic landscape shows swirling clouds of gas and dust in blues, teals, oranges, and reds. Numerous bright stars, some with prominent diffraction spikes, are scattered across the nebula.$

$A vibrant image of the Orion Nebula, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Swirling clouds of gas and dust glow in shades of green and blue, with hints of red and purple. Numerous bright stars, some with diffraction spikes, are scattered throughout the cosmic landscape.$

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jun 15

🚨 Isar Aerospace is attempting to launch its Spectrum rocket today, aiming to become the first vehicle EVER to reach orbit from European soil Launch window opens at 8pm UTC 🚀

The Isar Aerospace Spectrum rocket stands vertically on a launchpad built on a rocky peninsula, surrounded by water. Snow-covered mountains rise in the background under a cloudy sky. Support structures and tanks are visible around the rocket.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jun 15

The sun seen just 10 minutes! 🌞 (From NASA's SDO)

A reddish-orange image of the sun, showing its full disk against a black background. The surface is covered in complex, swirling patterns of bright and dark plasma, with a glowing corona visible around its edge.

Astronomy 🔭@astronomy· Jun 14

Spiral galaxy seen by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ✨