Astronomyandgalaxies - GalaxyBrain

X-ray Clues Reveal Destroyed Planet

Planetary Nebula NGC 2440

Planetary nebula NGC 2440 is a relic of a star once like our Sun that has cast off its outer layers of gas, forming a colorful cocoon around the star's remaining core.

The Map of Dione

Credits: Paul Schenk, LPI, Cassini, ISS, JPL, ESA, NASA

Sharp Nebula Shot!

" Nasa's Deep Space Mission " //© Astro Voyagers

And congrats to Mercury for being Tumblr's least favorite planet!

This one was expected, I love Mercury but it just looks (and is tbh) a little boring. Still a cool planet, love the craters!!

NASA spacewalker Michael Hopkins

iss064e027386 (Jan. 27, 2021) --- NASA spacewalker and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins works to ready the International Space station's port-side truss structure for future solar array upgrades.

NASA Johnson on Flickr

IC 1295

Launch of Gemini 6 Titan II (SC6/GLV-6 12561) from Launch Complex 19. "The Gemini VI, scheduled as a two-day mission, was launched from Pad 19, carrying astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr., Command Pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford, Pilot. Gemini VI rendezvoused with Gemini VII, already orbiting the Earth."

Date: December 15, 1965

NASA ID: KSC-65PC-0161, S65-44293, S65-59987