If you were orbiting Jupiter today, you would see the Earth cross in front of the Sun - a Terrestrial Transit. A tiny speck moving across the face of our star.

IF YOU LOOK UP AT THE STARS TONIGHT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE JUPITER. IT’S THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY.

to steal from one is plagiarism, to steal from many is research.

2025 Galaxy Season went well! Especially with learning to run a new style of scope with a steep learning curve! I will certainly be ready for next year! Once the weather here cooperates I will be on to collecting some fantastic nebulae!✨🔭
#astrophotography #astronomy #space #photography #galaxy

Vera C Rubin droppppppped

working on a theory that US intervention in the middle east is correlated to 11 year solar cycle of sunspot activity

Messier 108 #galaxies

34 million year old light from another galaxy that is similar in size, a tad smaller, than our Milky Way.

This is a new image from #JWST, and is a beautiful example of gravitational lensing.

A cluster of galaxies (Abell S1063, centre) is so massive it distorts spacetime to the point where light from distant galaxies behind bends around it—allowing us to see some of the Universe's most ancient galaxies.

this is where i live btw

A spiral of stars drifts through the dark, its glow ancient, like a memory unfolding. Red dust wraps its arms, while blue nebulae linger like quiet thoughts. In the silence of space, beauty doesn’t speak—it simply shines.

Midnight sun during the #Arctic spring.

Animation looks downward at the North Pole over a 24-hour period. More seasonal animations: zacklabe.com/arctic-clima...

Bright moon on a dark morning shining bright in Minnesota 🌖

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