Astronomyandgalaxies - GalaxyBrain

Huge 500,000-mile-wide hole opens in Sun

A vast 500,000-mile-wide coronal hole has opened in the Sun's atmosphere. The area measures over 62 times the diameter of Earth and is now shooting high-speed solar wind toward Earth. When such solar activity is directed at Earth, the resulting geomagnetic storms can potentially disrupt satellite operations, power grids, navigation systems, and radio communications. There may also be spectacular displays of aurora caused as the Earth's magnetosphere is disturbed by the solar wind. According to spaceweather.com, this wind is estimated to hit Earth by Friday (Jan. 31), resulting in G1 geomagnetic storm conditions.

While G1 storms are considered the mildest category, they can still have noticeable effects, particularly in terms of aurora visibility at higher latitudes.

Cosmic Keyhole" (NGC 1999) Scientists first believed that the conspicuous hole in the center of this nebula was a Bok globule - a dense, cold cloud of gas and dust that blocks out background light. But later observations suggest that the dark patch is actually an empty void in space

NGC 6543 Widefield (HAO3LRGB) Cats Eye!

Swirls of Jupiter

Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka

Credits: Sergi VerdugoMartínez

Think we’re alone? Were this close of finding life! As a matter of fact, we’re currently studying possible life right now and think we may have finally found it

1200 Megapixel

She is indeed! Artemis is the goddess of the moon and the hunt.

Crazy how the original moon missions were named after Apollo. Isn't his twin sister, like, the goddess of the moon or sm?

Saturn from the James Webb Space Telescope

This Comet Lovejoy

Credits: Damian Peach, SEN