iotman (60)in #science • 16 hours ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: A Year for K2-315b 🪐Want to visit a planet that has 3.14 days in a year? Then plan a trip to K2-315b, an earth-sized planet orbiting…iotman (60)in #science • 2 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Toolondo Totality Trails 🪐In this composited night skyscape, stacked exposures trace graceful star trails above Lake Toolondo, Victoria…iotman (60)in #science • 4 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: CG 4: The Globule and the Galaxy 🪐Is this a cosmic monster ready to devour an unsuspecting galaxy? Thankfully, that is not the case. The red “monster”…iotman (60)in #science • 5 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Sky Glows over Paranal Observatory 🪐Are lasers from giant telescopes being used to defend the Earth? No. Lasers shot from telescopes are now commonly…iotman (60)in #science • 6 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Cranium Nebula from the Webb Telescope 🪐What's going on inside the head of this nebula? Dubbed the Exposed Cranium Nebula for its similarity to the human…iotman (60)in #science • 7 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Aurora Tree 🪐Yes, but can your tree do this? Pictured is a visual coincidence between the dark branches of a nearby tree and…iotman (60)in #science • 8 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Two Eclipses of Saros 133 🪐Centered on maximum eclipse, these two total lunar eclipse sequences look almost identical. Yet the one shown on top…iotman (60)in #science • 9 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Astrosphere of HD 61005 🪐Do young stars blow bubbles? The larger view shows a stellar field observed with the Cerro Tololo Inter-American…iotman (60)in #science • 10 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Total Lunar Eclipse over Tsé Bit'a'í 🪐rlier this week, Earth’s shadow swept across the full Moon in the year’s only total lunar eclipse. This stunning…iotman (60)in #science • 11 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Shapley 1: An Annular Planetary Nebula 🪐What’s looking back at you isn’t a cosmic eye, but Shapley 1, a beautifully symmetric planetary nebula. Shapley 1…iotman (60)in #science • 13 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Dusty Surroundings of Orion and the Pleiades 🪐How well do you know the night sky? OK, but how well can you identify famous sky objects in a very deep image? Either…iotman (60)in #science • 15 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Lunar Occultation of Mercury 🪐Fans of the western sky after sunset have lately enjoyed this month's remarkable array of bright planets. Witnessed…iotman (60)in #science • 16 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Sharpless 249 and the Jellyfish Nebula 🪐Normally faint and elusive, the Jellyfish Nebula is caught in this alluring telescopic field of view. Floating in the…iotman (60)in #science • 17 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Webb and Hubble: IC 5332 🪐What does the universe look like through infrared goggles? Our eyes can only see visible light, but astronomers want…iotman (60)in #science • 18 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Egg Nebula from the Hubble Telescope 🪐ver wonder what it would look like to crack open the Sun? The Egg Nebula, a dying Sun-like star, can unscramble this…iotman (60)in #science • 19 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Planet Parade over Sydney Opera House 🪐Look up this week and see a whole bunch of planets. Just after sunset, looking west (mostly), planets Mercury, Venus…iotman (60)in #science • 20 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster 🪐Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Even if you have, you probably have never seen it as large and clear as…iotman (60)in #science • 21 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Shadow of a Martian Robot 🪐What if you saw your shadow on Mars and it wasn't human? Then you might be the Opportunity rover exploring Mars.…iotman (60)in #science • 22 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Twilight with Moon and Planets 🪐Only two days after the February New Moon's annular eclipse of the Sun, a slender lunar crescent poses above the…iotman (60)in #science • 23 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: B93: A Dark Interstellar Ghost 🪐"A ghost in the Milky Way…” says Christian Bertincourt, the astrophotographer behind this striking image of Barnard 93…
