iotman (60)in #science • yesterday🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Double Lobed Asteroid Torifune 🪐Why is this asteroid a double? Earlier this month the Japanese robotic spacecraft Hayabusa2 shot past asteroid 98943…iotman (60)in #science • 3 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Galaxy NGC 474: Shells and Star Streams 🪐What's happening to galaxy NGC 474? The multiple layers of emission appear strangely complex given the relatively…iotman (60)in #science • 4 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud 🪐Unlike most entries in Charles Messier's famous catalog of deep sky objects, M24 is not a bright galaxy, star cluster…iotman (60)in #science • 6 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Red Glow of the Cosmic Bat Nebula 🪐This Cosmic Bat wishes you a happy Summerween! This mid-year celebration of Halloween transcends hemispheres, even…iotman (60)in #science • 8 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: NGC 6188: Dragons of Ara 🪐Where can you find dragons fighting in the night sky? In the southern constellation of the Altar: Ara. The dragons…iotman (60)in #science • 9 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Dueling Bands over the Atacama Desert 🪐What are these two bands in the sky? The more commonly seen band is on the left and is the central band of our Milky…iotman (60)in #science • 10 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Saturn's Iapetus: Painted Moon 🪐What has happened to Saturn's moon Iapetus? Vast sections of this strange world are dark as coal, while others are as…iotman (60)in #science • 11 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Pathfinder on Mars 🪐On July 4th, 1997, using its own array of fireworks, a parachute, and a cocoon of airbags, the Mars Pathfinder…iotman (60)in #science • 12 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Three Galaxies in Pavo 🪐Some 190 million light-years away, far beyond the bright stars and nebulae of the Milky Way, these three galaxies are…iotman (60)in #science • 13 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Sibling Supernova Remnants 🪐What happens when one of the stars in a binary goes supernova? This image combines visible (yellow), ultraviolet…iotman (60)in #science • 15 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Unusually Smooth Sections of Asteroid Itokawa 🪐Why are parts of this asteroid's surface so smooth? The answer seems likely to do with the dynamics of an asteroid…iotman (60)in #science • 16 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind 🪐Why is the Cigar Galaxy billowing red smoke? M82, as this starburst galaxy is also known, was stirred up by a recent…iotman (60)in #science • 17 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: AR 4478: Giant Sunspot Group 🪐Right now, one of the largest sunspot groups in recent history is crossing the Sun. Active Region 4478 is not only…iotman (60)in #science • 18 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Mars Marathon by Perseverance 🪐In this recent HiRISE view from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the little green dot indicated on the surface of the…iotman (60)in #science • 20 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Anticrepuscular Rays over Sicily 🪐The Sun has just set... in the opposite side of the sky. Pictured here are anticrepuscular rays apparently…iotman (60)in #science • last month🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Saturn at Night 🪐Telescopic views of Saturn and its beautiful rings often make it the star of star parties. But this stunning view of…iotman (60)in #science • last month🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Eagle Nebula Pillars in Infrared from Hubble 🪐Newborn stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula. They are gravitationally contracting in pillars of dense gas and…iotman (60)in #science • 2 months ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Supermoon Versus Micromoon 🪐What is so micro about tonight's blue micromoon? Just after sunset, a full moon will appear slightly smaller and…iotman (60)in #science • 2 months ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Messier 104 🪐A gorgeous spiral galaxy, Messier 104 is famous for its nearly edge-on profile featuring a broad ring of obscuring…iotman (60)in #science • 2 months ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: NGC 1514: The Crystal Ball Nebula 🪐What do you see in this crystal ball? The featured image shows NGC 1514, known as the Crystal Ball Nebula, observed…
