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What did the astronomer name their twins?
April-May 2026 Lunar Cycle, Animated Acquisition details and full resolution: app.astrobin.com/i/lwgfmu #Astrophotography
Earlier today, an asteroid about the size of a person impacted Earth over Papua New Guinea. This is only the 12th object to be discovered before impact. #astro 🔭
I forgot to post this yesterday but I decided I'm gonna try to post an interesting video I watched every Peertube Thursday, so here's one for this week:Probing sub‑Neptune interiors through their atmospheres: The case of K2‑18 bhttps://solarsystem.video/videos/watch/cb4ab72d-f3d1-425f-869c-163bd3da7...
This week’s image is of the irregular galaxy NGC 4449! Gemini North’s GMOS captured images of this starburst galaxy, where the red clouds indicate areas with active star formation. Check out the 🧵 for another paper using Gemini data! #Astronomy 📸 credit in thread
Artemis II: separation of the crew module from the European service module of the Orion spacecraft, captured by camera 1 on one of the solar array wings. images.nasa.gov/details/_art... #Artemis 🧪🔭
Curiosity Shakes Loose a Pesky Rock — After NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled a sample from this rock on April 25, 2026, it withdrew its robotic arm and pulled the entire rock off the surface with it. Engineers spent several days reposi
Hubble Sights Galaxy in Transition — This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals an enigmatic galaxy with a bright center and a face that hints at spiral structure, yet it holds no obvious spiral arms. Reddish-brown clumps and filamen
Picturing Earth in a New Light — A recent analysis revealed where artificial light at night has intensified, as well as where it has diminished.
NASA Draws on Industry for Mars Telecommunications Network — On Thursday, NASA issued a Request for Proposal (RFP), seeking industry collaboration for the Mars Telecommunications Network. Reliable, high bandwidth communications is necessary to relay science dat
NASA, Industry Prepare Cryogenic Fuel Technology Demo — NASA is collaborating with Eta Space of Rockledge, Florida, on an in‑orbit technology demonstration to advance a key capability for future deep space missions. The Liquid Oxygen Flight Demonstration,
TESS reveals fullest night-sky map yet, with nearly 6,000 exoplanet worlds https://phys.org/news/2026-05-tess-reveals-fullest-night-sky.html 🪐 #Exoplanet #Exoplanets #AlienWorlds #AlienLife #Extraterrestrials #Space #Science #SolarSystem #Astrobiology
The Ring Current in Earth's Magnetosphere ✨#AllSkyImaging #Ast #Astrophysics #Exoplanet #Galaxy #Magnetosphere #RingCurrent #Space ⏩ 2 new pictures and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=10&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=202605...
Part of the organic water piping system on Exoplanet 36547. Like trees made into bridges, the Aquedo people designed and built their entire water distribution system using the inside of natural forming hollow trees. And while it might not be able to hold significant pressure, it is self repairing.#s...
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