iotman (60)in #science • 21 hours ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Barnards Loop over Twin Volcanoes 🪐What's connecting these two volcanoes? In ancient folklore, the two volcanoes, Parinacota (left) and Pomerape (right)…iotman (60)in #science • 2 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula 🪐What created this huge space bubble? Blown by the wind from a star, this tantalizing, head-like apparition is…iotman (60)in #science • 4 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Tranquility and Serenity 🪐The Seas of Tranquility and Serenity are calm today. They're calm most every day though, since they are actually lunar…iotman (60)in #science • 5 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: RCW 86: Historical Supernova Remnant 🪐In 185 AD, Chinese astronomers recorded the appearance of a new star in the Nanmen asterism. That part of the sky is…iotman (60)in #science • 6 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Large Magellanic Cloud 🪐Have you ever seen another galaxy with your own eyes? The featured image shows the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), one…iotman (60)in #science • 7 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Corona Australis Molecular Cloud and the Chandelier Cluster 🪐The Southern Crown (Corona Australis) dazzles with young and ancient celestial jewels. The Corona Australis Cloud is a…iotman (60)in #science • 8 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Turtle Rock on Mars 🪐Is this a fossilized turtle on Mars? No. Although resembling a large Earth tortoise, this is a layered rock outcrop…iotman (60)in #science • 9 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: NGC 3576: The Statue of Liberty Nebula 🪐What's happening in the Statue of Liberty nebula? Bright stars and interesting molecules are forming and being…iotman (60)in #science • 10 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Flying Saucer Crash Lands in Utah Desert 🪐A flying saucer from outer space crash-landed in the Utah desert after being tracked by radar and chased by…iotman (60)in #science • 11 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Shadow and Rainbow 🪐At sunset, an alignment of rainbow and mountain shadow was captured in this remarkable snapshot. The stunning view was…iotman (60)in #science • 12 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Dust Trail of Comet Tempel 2 🪐Comet 10P/Tempel 2 orbits the Sun once every 5.4 years. Currently visible in binoculars or small telescopes toward the…iotman (60)in #science • 13 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: NGC 300: A Cosmic Gemstone with Stars and Gas Clouds 🪐This sparkling, colorful gemstone is a spiral galaxy, NGC 300. It is one of the closest spiral galaxies to Earth…iotman (60)in #science • 14 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Red Sprites in the Tatacoa Desert 🪐Is there an angry Sith using force lightning in the Tatacoa Desert? This is not science fiction, but a red sprite with…iotman (60)in #science • 15 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Double Lobed Asteroid Torifune 🪐Why is this asteroid a double? Earlier this month the Japanese robotic spacecraft Hayabusa2 shot past asteroid 98943…iotman (60)in #science • 17 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Galaxy NGC 474: Shells and Star Streams 🪐What's happening to galaxy NGC 474? The multiple layers of emission appear strangely complex given the relatively…iotman (60)in #science • 18 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud 🪐Unlike most entries in Charles Messier's famous catalog of deep sky objects, M24 is not a bright galaxy, star cluster…iotman (60)in #science • 20 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: The Red Glow of the Cosmic Bat Nebula 🪐This Cosmic Bat wishes you a happy Summerween! This mid-year celebration of Halloween transcends hemispheres, even…iotman (60)in #science • 22 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: NGC 6188: Dragons of Ara 🪐Where can you find dragons fighting in the night sky? In the southern constellation of the Altar: Ara. The dragons…iotman (60)in #science • 23 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Dueling Bands over the Atacama Desert 🪐What are these two bands in the sky? The more commonly seen band is on the left and is the central band of our Milky…iotman (60)in #science • 24 days ago🌌 SpacePicture of a Day: Saturn's Iapetus: Painted Moon 🪐What has happened to Saturn's moon Iapetus? Vast sections of this strange world are dark as coal, while others are as…
