Stepping Out On The Front Porch. Astronaut David Scott Opens The Hatch To Check Out The View During Apollo

The Boogeyman Nebula and Tarantula Nebula

Even in space, connections are important. This image of NGC 2566 is part of an observing program dedicated to understanding the connections between stars, gas and dust in nearby star-forming galaxies. Read more:

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Close look at a local galaxy

Close look at a local galaxy

Jupiter and Mars, footage captured by me through my Dobsonian with a DSLR. Tracking done by hand.

Sharp Nebula Shot!

The Star Cluster NGC 602

A image of star cluster NGC 602 from Chandra & NASAWebb is about 175 light-years across and it sparkles with the light from thousands of stars.

The star cluster NGC 602 lies on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, which is one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way, about 200,000 light-years from Earth. The stars in NGC 602 have fewer heavier elements compared to the Sun and most of the rest of the galaxy. Instead, the conditions within NGC 602 mimic those for stars found billions of years ago when the universe was much younger.

This new image combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory with a previously released image from the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope. The dark ring-like outline of the wreath seen in Webb data (represented as orange, yellow, green, and blue) is made up of dense clouds of filled dust.

Credit X-ray: NASA/CXC; Infrared: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, P. Zeilder, E.Sabbi, A. Nota, M. Zamani;

Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand.

Release Date December 17, 2024.

Craters and Shadows at the Lunar Terminator

Credits: Talha Zia

first ᵏⁱᵗᵗʸ in outer space ♡

Messier 96

Messier 96 (M96) is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Leo.

It is part of the Leo I Group of galaxies and is approximately 35 million light-years away from Earth.

M96 has a diameter of about 100,000 light-years.

Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA and the LEGUS Team; Acknowledgment: R. Gendler