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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 1d
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Discovery Alert: 'Baby' Planet Photographed in a Ring around a Star for the First Time!  - NASA Science
WISPIT 2b
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 1d
A newborn world caught in the act. NASA’s new image shows WISPIT 2b, a baby planet forming inside a ring of gas and dust around its star. It’s the first-ever photo of its kind, offering a rare glimpse into planetary birth.

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A newborn world caught in the act. NASA’s new image shows WISPIT 2b, a baby planet forming inside a ring of gas and dust around its star. It’s the first-ever photo of its kind, offering a rare glimpse into planetary birth. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 10d
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APOD: 2025 August 1 – Small Dark Nebula
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 10d
A tiny dark nebula floats in front of the glowing Eagle Nebula, stark in silhouette. This small Bok globule just a fraction of a light-year across lies about 7,000 light-years away, with young stars and gas glowing behind it.

Credit: Peter Bresseler
A tiny dark nebula floats in front of the glowing Eagle Nebula, stark in silhouette. This small Bok globule just a fraction of a light-year across lies about 7,000 light-years away, with young stars and gas glowing behind it. Credit: Peter Bresseler
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 11d
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APOD: 2025 September 23 – NGC 6357: Cathedral to Massive Stars
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 11d
NGC 6357, dubbed the “Cathedral to Massive Stars,” dazzles in JWST’s view. Once thought a single 200-solar-mass star, Pismis 24-1 is actually three giants—each near 100 Suns! Newborn stars still emerge in this cosmic cathedral.

Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, JWST
NGC 6357, dubbed the “Cathedral to Massive Stars,” dazzles in JWST’s view. Once thought a single 200-solar-mass star, Pismis 24-1 is actually three giants—each near 100 Suns! Newborn stars still emerge in this cosmic cathedral. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, JWST
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 16d
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Soar through 44 million stars in Gaia telescope's latest 3D map of our galaxy — Space photo of the week
Scientists have used the Gaia Space Telescope to create a 3D map of star kindergartens within the Milky Way, and you can fly through it.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 16d
Gaia’s latest 3D map reveals over 44 million stars in our Milky Way glowing nurseries up to 4,000 light-years away where new stars are born. A breathtaking cosmic vista of our galaxy’s heartbeat.

Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, L. McCallum et al.
Gaia’s latest 3D map reveals over 44 million stars in our Milky Way glowing nurseries up to 4,000 light-years away where new stars are born. A breathtaking cosmic vista of our galaxy’s heartbeat. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, L. McCallum et al.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 17d
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APOD: 2025 August 17 – Asperitas Clouds Over New Zealand
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 17d
Rare asperitas clouds ripple above New Zealand, creating a surreal, wave-like sky. Recently recognized as a distinct cloud type, their origins remain a mystery, but their beauty is undeniable.

Image Credit: Witta Priester
Rare asperitas clouds ripple above New Zealand, creating a surreal, wave-like sky. Recently recognized as a distinct cloud type, their origins remain a mystery, but their beauty is undeniable. Image Credit: Witta Priester
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 18d
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Scientists just found the hidden cosmic fingerprints of dark matter
Scientists at Rutgers and collaborators have traced the invisible dark matter scaffolding of the universe using over 100,000 Lyman-alpha emitting galaxies. By studying how these galaxies clustered acr...
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 18d
Scientists traced the invisible scaffolding of dark matter using over 100,000 Lyman-alpha galaxies in three eras after the Big Bang. These “cosmic fingerprints” reveal how galaxies like ours grew.

Credit: Rutgers Sci & ODIN Survey
Scientists traced the invisible scaffolding of dark matter using over 100,000 Lyman-alpha galaxies in three eras after the Big Bang. These “cosmic fingerprints” reveal how galaxies like ours grew. Credit: Rutgers Sci & ODIN Survey
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · Sep 4
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APOD: 2025 August 25 – The Meteor and the Star Cluster
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · Sep 4
A surprise from the skies! While capturing the dazzling Pleiades star cluster (M45), a bright meteor streaked through, leaving a glowing green trail of vaporized metals. A cosmic photo-bomb worth keeping.

Image Credit & Copyright: Yousif Alqasimi & Essa Al Jasmi
A surprise from the skies! While capturing the dazzling Pleiades star cluster (M45), a bright meteor streaked through, leaving a glowing green trail of vaporized metals. A cosmic photo-bomb worth keeping. Image Credit & Copyright: Yousif Alqasimi & Essa Al Jasmi
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · Sep 2
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · Sep 2
Meet the icons of Orion: the Horsehead Nebula, a shadowy dust cloud shaped by chance, and the fiery Flame Nebula, glowing with hydrogen and streaked with dark filaments. Together, they paint one of the sky’s most breathtaking scenes.

Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Stern
Meet the icons of Orion: the Horsehead Nebula, a shadowy dust cloud shaped by chance, and the fiery Flame Nebula, glowing with hydrogen and streaked with dark filaments. Together, they paint one of the sky’s most breathtaking scenes. Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Stern
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · Sep 1
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APOD: 2025 August 31 – NGC 7027: The Pillow Planetary Nebula
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · Sep 1
NGC 7027, the “Pillow Nebula,” is one of the smallest yet brightest planetary nebulas we know just 600 years young! Once a calm shell of gas, it now ejects dust in striking four-cornered patterns, hinting at a mysterious central star system.

Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble
NGC 7027, the “Pillow Nebula,” is one of the smallest yet brightest planetary nebulas we know just 600 years young! Once a calm shell of gas, it now ejects dust in striking four-cornered patterns, hinting at a mysterious central star system. Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · Aug 30
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NASA's Chandra Reveals Star's Inner Conflict Before Explosion - NASA
The inside of a star turned on itself before it spectacularly exploded, according to a new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Today, this shattered
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · Aug 30
Hours before its death, a massive star violently reshuffled its insides then exploded into Cassiopeia A. NASA’s Chandra data reveals this last-minute chaos, offering new clues into how stars live, die & transform the cosmos

Credit: NASA/CXC/Meiji Univ./T. Sato et al.
Hours before its death, a massive star violently reshuffled its insides—then exploded into Cassiopeia A. NASA’s Chandra data reveals this last-minute chaos, offering new clues into how stars live, die & transform the cosmos Credit: NASA/CXC/Meiji Univ./T. Sato et al.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · Aug 29
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NASA Marsquake Data Reveals Lumpy Nature of Red Planet’s Interior - NASA
Rocky material that impacted Mars lies scattered in giant lumps throughout the planet’s mantle, offering clues about Mars’ interior and its ancient past.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · Aug 29
Mars still carries scars from colossal impacts 4.5B years ago. NASA’s InSight lander reveals giant chunks of ancient debris buried in its mantle — a frozen record of its violent past.

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Mars still carries scars from colossal impacts 4.5B years ago. NASA’s InSight lander reveals giant chunks of ancient debris buried in its mantle — a frozen record of its violent past. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · Aug 14
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Proposed spacecraft could carry up to 2,400 people on a one-way trip to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri
The design for a 36 mile long spacecraft, called Chrysalis, includes libraries, tropical forests and structural manufacturing facilities, all supported by artificial gravity.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · Aug 14
NEWS🚨: Scientists have designed an interstellar ship that can transport up to 2.4k people one-way to Alpha Centauri. The project’s goal is to reach the potentially habitable planet Proxima Centauri b.

Credit: Giacomo Infelise, Veronica Magli, Guido Sbrogio', Nevenka Martinello & Federica Serpe​
Engineers proposed a starship named Chrysalis, built for a one-way, multigenerational voyage to Alpha Centauri. It won first place in the Project Hyperion Design Competition for its detailed habitat structure, modular design, and social planning . Chrysalis spans 36 miles (58 km). It uses continuous rotation for artificial gravity. Its nested, Russian-doll layout includes levels for food production, communal areas, residences, industry, warehousing, and a central core with shuttles and comms. The vessel would house up to 2,400 people. To maintain a stable and sustainable society, designers expect the population to hover around 1,500. Births would be planned. AI would support governance, social stability, knowledge transfer across generations. The journey to Proxima Centauri b would take approximately 400 years. Early inhabitants would undergo 70 to 80 years of adaptation in an isolated Antarctic environment. Construction could take 20 to 25 years. Nuclear fusion reactors would power the ship. The concept remains hypothetical; some core technologies like commercial nuclear fusion do not yet exist. Still, Chrysalis offers valuable insights into living, governing, and sustaining life on large-scale, long-duration interstellar habitats.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · Aug 10
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APOD: 2024 July 1 – Time Spiral
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