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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: NGC 6995: The Bat...
NGC 6995: The Bat Nebula Explanation: Can you see the bat? It haunts of the eastern Veil Nebula. [...]bigggger: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/539 ... 2a7a_o.jpg artistic composit jac berne...
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The Library: Information Desk and Educational Resources • AstroSPTE Space...
EUCLID Space TelescopeMain page https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration ... nce/EuclidOrganisation: ESAMission time: 2023 - 2030 (End of primary mission)Wavelengths: From 550 nm (green) to 2 μm...
View ArticleThe Communications Center: Breaking Science News • MeerKAT:...
The MeerKAT image of the jet shooting out of Circinus X-1 is snake game simply stunning! It's like watching a cosmic garden sprinkler in action. This discovery is a major breakthrough in our...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Ringed Ice Giant...
Ringed Ice Giant Neptune Explanation: Ringed ice giant Neptune lies near the center of this sharp near-infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The dim and distant world is the farthest...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Small Moon Deimos...
Small Moon Deimos Explanation: Mars has two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, named for the figures in Greek mythology Fear and Panic. Detailed surface views of smaller moon Deimos are shown in both...
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • The 400Mpixels mosaic...
https://cdn.astrobin.com/ckeditor-files ... 965d25.pnghttps://cdn.astrobin.com/ckeditor-files ... 2a007b.pngStatistics: Posted by dwj85 — Sat Sep 07, 2024 10:31 am — Replies 1 — Views 66
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: M31: The...
M31: The Andromeda Galaxy Explanation: The most distant object easily visible to the unaided eye is M31, the great Andromeda Galaxy. Even at some two and a half million light-years distant, this...
View ArticleThe Library: Information Desk and Educational Resources • AstroNEWS...
ScienceNews-Spacewww.sciencenews.org Independent nonprofit organisation since 1921 to improve the quality and accuracy of science journalism. Mission: We believe in the power of knowledge and the free...
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The Communications Center: Breaking Science News • ALMA: Gravitational...
Expert explains evidence for planetary formation through gravitational instabilityphys.org | Original release 2024 September 04 The canonical theory for planet formation in circumstellar disks...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Mars: Moon,...
Mars: Moon, Craters, and Volcanos Explanation: If you could fly over Mars, what might you see? The featured image shows exactly this in the form of a Mars Express vista captured over a particularly...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Horsehead and...
The brightest star below-left of the Horsehead is HD 37903; Alnitak is just above the Flame Nebula, in this image.Statistics: Posted by ozalba — Tue Sep 10, 2024 4:19 am — Replies 1 — Views 37
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: A Night Sky over...
Can you tell me more about the Lagoon and Omega Nebulae, particularly their distance from Earth and their role in star formation?Block BlastStatistics: Posted by thomasfrank — Wed Sep 11, 2024 4:27 am...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Young Star...
Young Star Cluster NGC 1333 Explanation: This spectacular mosaic of images from the James Webb Space Telescope peers into the heart of young star cluster NGC 1333. A mere 1,000 light-years distant...
View ArticleThe Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related • Auroras after CMEs
There aren’t documented cases of auroras radiating from points distant from the magnetic poles after a CME, as they are closely tied to Earth's magnetic field.Statistics: Posted by populatewhile — Thu...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Aurora Australis...
Aurora Australis and the International Space Station Explanation: This snapshot from the International Space Station was taken on August 11 while orbiting about 430 kilometers above the Indian Ocean,...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: The Moona Lisa...
Yes, I like it! Today's APOD is what Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa would have looked like, if Leonardo had painted her with large pixels (or big filled circles) instead of brush strokes, and if he had...
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Ship's Log: APOD Retrospectives and Collections • APOD Telesopes: JWST -...
2022 March 192MASS J17554042+6551277 Image Credit : NASA, STScI, JWST2MASS J17554042+6551277 doesn't exactly roll off the tongue but that's the name, a coordinate-based catalog designation, of the...
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The Library: Information Desk and Educational Resources • AstroARPA Articles...
AAS - The American Astronomical Societyastrophysical-journal goto > visit journalastronomical-journal goto > visit journalAARPA4Y JacStatistics: Posted by AVAO — Sat Sep 14, 2024 9:24 am —...
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The Communications Center: Breaking Science News • WEBB: JWST peers into the...
NASA’s Webb Peers Into Digel Cloud 1/2 in the Extreme Outer Galaxy universetoday.com | Original release 2024 September 13 The Milky Way’s outer reaches are coming into view thanks to the JWST....
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Find the Man in...
Find the Man in the Moon Explanation: Have you ever seen the Man in the Moon? This common question plays on the ability of humans to see pareidolia -- imagining familiar icons where they don't...
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