iotman (58)in #science • 14 hours ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Regulus and the Dwarf Galaxy 🪐In northern hemisphere spring, bright star Regulus is easy to spot above the eastern horizon. The alpha star of the…iotman (58)in #science • 2 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery 🪐Located some 3 million light-years away in the arms of nearby spiral galaxy M33, giant stellar nursery NGC 604 is…iotman (58)in #science • 3 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Dragon's Egg Bipolar Emission Nebula 🪐How did a star form this beautiful nebula? In the middle of emission nebula NGC 6164 is an unusually massive star.…iotman (58)in #science • 4 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Contrail Shadow X 🪐What created this giant X in the clouds? It was the shadow of contrails illuminated from below. When airplanes fly…iotman (58)in #science • 5 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Moon and Smoke Rings from Mt. Etna 🪐Yes, but can your volcano do this? To the surprise of some, Mt. Etna emits, on occasion, smoke rings. Technically…iotman (58)in #science • 7 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Diamonds in the Sky 🪐When the dark shadow of the Moon raced across North America on April 8, sky watchers along the shadow's narrow central…iotman (58)in #science • 8 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Great Carina Nebula 🪐 A jewel of the southern sky, the Great Carina Nebula is more…iotman (58)in #science • 9 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Facing NGC 1232 🪐From our vantage point in the Milky Way Galaxy, we see NGC 1232 face-on. Nearly 200,000 light-years across, the big…iotman (58)in #science • 10 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Total Eclipse and Comets 🪐Not one, but two comets appeared near the Sun during last week's total solar eclipse. The expected comet was Comet…iotman (58)in #science • 11 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Filaments of the Vela Supernova Remnant 🪐The explosion is over, but the consequences continue. About eleven thousand years ago, a star in the constellation of…iotman (58)in #science • 12 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Cigar Galaxy from Hubble and Webb 🪐Something strange happened to this galaxy, but what? Known as the Cigar Galaxy and cataloged as M82, red glowing gas…iotman (58)in #science • 14 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Palm Tree Partial Eclipse 🪐Only those along the narrow track of the Moon's shadow on April 8 saw a total solar eclipse. But most of North America…iotman (58)in #science • 15 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Total Totality 🪐Baily's beads often appear at the boundaries of the total phase of an eclipse of the Sun. Pearls of sunlight still…iotman (58)in #science • 16 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Eclipse in Seven 🪐Start at the upper left above and you can follow the progress of April 8's total eclipse of the Sun in seven sharp…iotman (58)in #science • 17 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Planets Around a Total Eclipse 🪐What wonders appear when the Moon blocks the Sun? For many eager observers of Monday’s total eclipse of the Sun, the…iotman (58)in #science • 18 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Moon's Shadow over Lake Magog 🪐Captured in this snapshot, the shadow of the Moon came to Lake Magog, Quebec, North America, planet Earth on April 8.…iotman (58)in #science • 19 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Changing Ion Tail of Comet Pons-Brooks 🪐How does a comet tail change? It depends on the comet. The ion tail of Comet 12P/Pons–Brooks has been changing…iotman (58)in #science • 20 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: A Total Solar Eclipse over Wyoming 🪐Will the sky be clear enough to see the eclipse? This question is already on the minds of many North Americans hoping…iotman (58)in #science • 21 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Unwinding M51 🪐The arms of a grand design spiral galaxy 60,000 light-years across are unwound in this digital transformation of the…iotman (58)in #science • 22 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Solar Corona Unwrapped 🪐Changes in the alluring solar corona are detailed in this creative composite image mapping the dynamic outer…
