Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Dom @viking2.bsky.social · 16h

Thanks a lot for the explanations !
The caption didn’t mention the moons and from the doublets or triplets on the picture I had the impression of seing 6 to 8 different and was wondering which one they are so close to the rings. Pictures are Beautiful !

1

Dom @viking2.bsky.social · 20h

Oops ! I meant moons ! Incredible how many are seen on this picture !

1

Reposted by Dom

Thomas Carpentier @thocarp.bsky.social · 3d

Last night, the JWST observed Uranus for calibration. Even like that the result is awesome, so here you go with my processed image of that observation! 🔭

HD: flic.kr/p/2ry78y3

Observation of Uranus by the JWST. The planet itself appears mostly blue, but the pole, a big patch, is white. Some storms can also be spotted near the pole. The rings of the planet can be spotted in infrared light, so they appear in that image (in orange color).

12 55 270

Dom @viking2.bsky.social · 22h

Is there a way to know which moins were imaged ? Really Impressive pictures ! Congrats !

1

Reposted by Dom

Melina Thévenot🏳️‍⚧️ @melina-iras07572.bsky.social · 2d

I also made an animation of the rotation of the planet. This also uses the F162M filter.

2 8 23

Reposted by Dom

Melina Thévenot🏳️‍⚧️ @melina-iras07572.bsky.social · 2d

Planet #Uranus 🪐 and inner moons with #JWST NIRCam 🔭 #planetsci Observation from this Monday (lol moon🌕day).

Filters: F150W2; F162M
Date: 2025-10-06 between 02:15:43 UT and 04:46:47 UT

Program: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...

Uranus with rings and small elongated dots (tracks) around it.

1 20 86

Reposted by Dom

Paul Seibert @beholdingeye.bsky.social · Apr 19

Mic check…. NYC from 15,000’. 🚁📷🌆

12 13 54

Dom @viking2.bsky.social · 3d

Merci pour les explications, c'est toujours passionnant. Mais finalement, pourquoi est-il parti à Yale ? Que pouvait-il faire la bas qu'il ne puisse faire au CEA ?

1

Dom @viking2.bsky.social · 4d

this thing comes from another star...🤩
#3I/Atlas

ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 4d

First images of comet #3I/ATLAS from Europe's Mars orbiters 😍

Observing the comet from 30 million km away, #ExoMars reveals the halo of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus.

Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭🧪

1

Reposted by Dom

Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 6d

Ganymede, moon of Jupiter, from Voyager 2 on July 9, 1979. The edge of the polar frost can be seen in the upper right.

Ganymede, centered on a crater in a complex are of the surface.

1 3 21

Reposted by Dom

bonimenteurfr.bsky.social @bonimenteurfr.bsky.social · 5d

Cet extrait vient de Groland. Mais quand tu compares avec la réalité, tu ne vois presque plus de différence sur ces histoires de remaniement et de nouveau gouvernement.

14 580 1.1K

Reposted by Dom

Eric Lagadec @ericlagadec.bsky.social · 6d

La Terre fait un tour sur elle-même en 23h 56mn 4sec. C'est ce que l'on appelle le jour sidéral. Comme elle tourne aussi autour du soleil, il faut 24h pour revoir le soleil dans la même direction!
C'est deux fois plus long que la durée de vie du gouvernement Lecornu!
(© @physicsJ ).

21 200 710

Reposted by Dom

Ornikkar @ornikkar.bsky.social · 5d

Meilleure illustration de l'expression

"Comme un lundi !"

Lecornu derrière un garde de l'Elysée et qui fait la tronche

5 50 200

Reposted by Dom

CONTACT LIGHT @contactlight.de · 7d

October 4, 1957 - The space age begins with the Soviet Union's launch of the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik.
contactlight.de

3 2

Reposted by Dom

Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · 8d

A few hours ago, Comet 3I/ATLAS passed about 28 million km from Mars.

This was the best opportunity we'll have to image the interstellar visitor from spacecraft.

When those data are available, I'll share them!

A screenshot from NASA's Eyes on the Solar System, showing the relative positions of 3I/ATLAS and Mars as of about 1700 Central time today.

5 32 190

Reposted by Dom

Thomas Appéré @thomasappere.bsky.social · 9d

Magnifique image de la petite lune Déimos avant l'aube martienne, capturée par le rover Perseverance.
Le soleil était 13° sous l'horizon et nous aurions vu un paysage très sombre faiblement éclairé par Déimos.
Un superbe travail de traitement d'images par Simeon Schmauß.

Simeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 9d

This photo from the Perseverance rover captured in early March, may be my favorite Mars image from this year.

It shows Mars' smaller moon Deimos over the hills of the Nili Planum region in the dark skies before dawn. 🔭

Full res: flic.kr/p/2rwUwV7

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß

A picture of Mars taken during astronomical twilight (the sun was 13° below the horizon). It shows a dimly lit reddish landscape with some hills at the horizon. Deimos, Mars' smaller moon shines with a small halo in the pale sky above.

1 6 29

Dom @viking2.bsky.social · 8d

It looks like there are four planet like spots in the inner space. But they are not adressed in the caption. Are those planets also ?

Reposted by Dom

Rêves d'espace @revesdespace.bsky.social · 11d

🛰️☄️ Un selfie de #Tianwen2 en route vers l'astéroïde Kamoʻoalewa !
La CNSA a publié cette image prise par une caméra embarquée ce 1er octobre grâce à un bras robotique. Dans l'espace depuis 125 jours, la sonde chinoise se trouve à 45 millions de km de sa cible.
1/2

2 7 18

Reposted by Dom

Andrew Jones @andrewjonesspace.bsky.social · 13d

Tianwen-4. Callisto in the background.

1 4 15

Reposted by Dom

Andrew Jones @andrewjonesspace.bsky.social · 13d

Tianwen-3 Mars sample return. Launch in late 2028.

28 71

Reposted by Dom

Stuart Atkinson @stuartatkinson.bsky.social · 18d

Yesterday Curiosity took pix of jagged peaks in the distance with its ChemCam. I stitched them together, did some work on them, and... just look at that view... I've been doing this since Sojourner landed & this is one of my fave images ever... Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/S Atkinson

11 48 180

Reposted by Dom

Jason Major @jpmajor.bsky.social · 19d

The Moon and Earth together captured with a camera aboard the ESA European Service Module during NASA's Artemis I mission on November 28, 2022. The spacecraft was about 42,000 miles beyond the Moon when this picture was taken.🌖🌍

11 82

Reposted by Dom

Richard Monvoisin @richardmonvoisin.bsky.social · 17d

Pou le plaisir, un clin d'oeil à mon collègue japonais Akiyoshi Kitoaka, de l'université Ritsumeikan de Kyoto, qui met tout son matos en ligne, comme cette magnifique canette, qui n'est rouge que parce que notre cerveau nous la fait voir rouge, alors qu'elle n'est faite que de blanc, noir et cyan
👇

8 27 93

Reposted by Dom

Rêves d'espace @revesdespace.bsky.social · 23d

🚀☀️ Magnifique photo d'une #Falcon9 devant le Soleil incroyablement détaillé, par Andrew McCarthy

4 23

Reposted by Dom

Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 20d

Saturn, rings, and moons on August 30-31, 1979, from Pioneer 11 as it approached the planet. This was produced using images over a two and half hour period that spanned from just about midnight on August 30th into the wee hours of August 31.

Saturn from the approaching Pioneer 11. During this approach humanity saw the night side of the rings at an angle unachievable from earth (although the night side can be seen at times near a ring plane crossing, but the rings are much closer to edge on). Titan can be seen to the upper left, and a smattering of other moons made cameos.

2 17 87