Star Future

[luciacristina15s]

Amazing phenomenon!! Rain of stars!

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POST: _tmeo.wru ( THREADS)

[luciacristina15s]

Spectacular!! 🛹 🥇

Of all the impressive images of the Eclipse, I think one that ate it was the Spanish skater @danny_leon created one of the most epic videos of yesterday's solar eclipse.

His trick, executed to perfection, has already been viewed more than 100 million times.

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[luciacristina15s]

Spectacular post-eclipse star shower!! 🌟🌟🌟✨✨✨🌟🌟🌟✨✨✨🌟🌟✨✨✨🌟🌟🌟

POST: dancy-coaching ( THREADS )

[luciacristina15s]

Interesting!

Each of these pairs of galaxies is different. The two galaxies at the top are likely not interacting, at least presently. However, the top galaxy with the blue stripe, NGC 4650A, is a polar ring galaxy and may be the result of a past galaxy collision. The two galaxies in the middle of the featured image appear like they could be interacting gravitationally -- but their relative speeds make this unlikely. Of these two, the larger galaxy, NGC 4650, is a spiral galaxy with a bright bar of stars across its center. The two galaxies at the bottom are actively interacting. Possibly in a billion years or so, NGC 4622A and NGC 4622B will merge and become one single galaxy. All of these galaxies are likely members of the larger Centaurus Galaxy Cluster.

Image Credit & Copyright: Rafael Sampaio

POST: NASA Astronomy Picture of The day

[luciacristina15s]

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cosmic "Ghost" that is truly spooky 👻

The Sh2-136 nebula in the constellation Cepheus is a giant, dense cloud of interstellar gas and dust spanning nearly two light-years. The sinister silhouettes, resembling ghostly figures, are actually reflection nebulae: young stars hidden within illuminate their surrounding dust cocoon with their intense light.

POST: Black Hole

[luciacristina15s]

It's the circle of life…

Webb's look at the Lion Nebula, the remains of a dying lower-mass star, is in both the mid and near-infrared. Though massive stars undergo supernova explosions at the end of their lives, lower-mass stars shed their outer layers.

POST: NASA Webb Telescope

[luciacristina15s]

Give your classroom, locker, or dorm room a cosmic makeover!

AstroPix, from NASA's Universe of Learning project, offers access to the public image galleries of @NASA telescopes and other ground- and space-based observatories. Start your search here: astropix.org

POST: NASA Universe

[luciacristina15s]

Splendid! Amazing! Beautiful Andromeda! ✨🌟✨🌟✨🌟✨🌟✨

Andromeda Galaxy 1 Trillion Stars!! ✨✨

Cruising through our massive galactic neighbor, surrounded by a sea of over one trillion stars and vibrant, glowing nebulae.

Imagine how many hidden planets are waiting to be discovered right in this view!

POST: The Astronomy Guy

[luciacristina15s]

Very beautiful!!

Behold the breathtaking Elephant’s Trunk Nebula — a cosmic masterpiece hanging in the constellation Cepheus some 2,400 light-years from Earth.

Nestled within the vast, glowing expanse of the star-forming region IC 1396, this dark, sinuous pillar of dense interstellar gas and dust stretches roughly 20–30 light-years long. Its distinctive silhouette, a deep shadowy form edged by a luminous, winding rim of ionized hydrogen, truly evokes the head and curling trunk of a majestic elephant.

Powerful ultraviolet radiation and fierce stellar winds from the hot, massive multiple-star system HD 206267 relentlessly sculpt and erode the surrounding material, carving out this resilient “trunk” while compressing its densest cores. Hidden deep within those cold, shadowy folds, numerous fledgling protostars are taking shape — some younger than 100,000 years — their presence revealed only in infrared light as they gather material from the surrounding cloud.

This dramatic interplay of destruction and creation makes the Elephant’s Trunk not merely a beautiful sight, but a living laboratory of stellar birth, where new suns are emerging even as the ancient gas cloud slowly yields to the forces of the cosmos.

POST: Black Hole

[luciacristina15s]

Caldwell 7 (NGC 2403)

A beautiful spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis, around 12 million light-years away.

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#Astrophotography #Caldwell7 #NGC2403 #SeestarS50 #Astronomy #caldwell

[luciacristina15s]

Very beautiful!!

Vivid Galactic Nebula Storm!!

POST: Astronomy Today

[luciacristina15s]

Wonderful!! Beautiful!!

From the International Space Station at night, Earth looks alive.

Golden city lights stretch across continents, stars drift slowly overhead, and the thin glowing edge of the atmosphere traces the curve of the planet. Occasional flashes of lightning light up distant storms while the station glides quietly through the darkness.

POST: Astropics

[luciacristina15s]

An illuminated bat!!? 😯☺️

Beautiful bat! 🦇

Cosmic "Bat" Captured by Telescopes 🌌

Hidden in the constellation Ophiuchus, 1,400 light-years from Earth, lies the impressive dark nebula Barnard 72. Due to its distinctive shape, it has earned the nickname "The Bat."

This dense interstellar gas and cosmic dust completely block the light from background stars, creating a perfect silhouette against the backdrop of the Milky Way. 🦇

POST: Black Hole

[luciacristina15s]

Wow! This is splendid! 🌟✨⭐✨🌟

Cosmic Mirage: How a Stellar Flare Creates Giant Bubbles of Light ✨

In 2002, the star V838 Monocerotis suddenly flared up to become 600,000 times brighter than the Sun, triggering a rare phenomenon known as a light echo. It appears as though a giant sphere of gas is expanding around the star, but this is merely an optical illusion.

In reality, a powerful pulse of light is racing through space at light speed, gradually illuminating ancient dust clouds that were previously completely invisible. Thanks to the star's immense distance of 20,000 light-years, we can witness this mesmerizing cosmic spectacle in real time 🌌

POST: Black Hole

[luciacristina15s]

Far away! 😊

Earth, Jupiter and Venus seen from Mars 🌌

That’s us… 225 million miles away 🤯

POST: Astronomy Today

[luciacristina15s]

“There are only two options: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are frightening.”

— Carl Sagan

POST: Night Sky Now

[luciacristina15s]

Very nice image!

Iris Core - NGC 7023

43 hours in LRGB from Montsec mountain (Àger, Lleida)

#Astrophotography

#cielosESA

POST: Jaume Zapata