006 - Mahiru 🧡
“ᵃʳᵉ ʸᵒᵘ ʰᵉᵃˡᵉᵈ ᵒʳ ʲᵘˢᵗ ᵗʳʸⁱⁿᵍ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰⁱⁿᵏ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ⁱᵗ”
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ᴵⁿˢᵗᵃᵍʳᵃᵐ
This animation shows the fluttering aurorae that light up both of Saturn’s poles. Created by the interaction of the solar wind with the planet’s magnetic field, Saturn’s aurorae are analogous to the more familiar northern and southern light on Earth.
Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. Calçada)
Little Nightmares II by Sebastian Bastian
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a spectacular new image of a pair of actively forming stars about 1,470 light-years away. But beneath the breathtaking phenomenon, some viewers noticed a peculiar shape among the backdrop of celestial objects: a glowing question mark. The image quickly went viral on social media, with jokes about its origin ranging from aliens to a glitch in the Matrix.
The object’s color indicates it is either very distant—billions of light-years away—or much closer and obscured by dust.
The shining question mark represents two galaxies merging. The hooked portion of the shape may be what’s called a tidal tail—a thin, elongated stream of stars and gases that occurs as galaxies interact.
Credit: NASA