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Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......cosmos-advocate:Expanding bubble nebula. The pareidolia is…cosmos-advocate: Expanding bubble nebula. The pareidolia is strong with this image. Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......So awesome, the scale of the beast was incomprehensible. Across…So awesome, the scale of the beast was incomprehensible. Across the globe, sane minds shattered trying Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......the-future-now: Scientists may have discovered another hidden…the-future-now: Scientists may have discovered another hidden planet in our solar system Our solar system got Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......just–space: The Elephants Trunk in IC 1396 : Like an…just–space: The Elephants Trunk in IC 1396 : Like an illustration in a galactic Just So Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......ufo-the-truth-is-out-there: The ultimate art gallery, the… ufo-the-truth-is-out-there: The ultimate art gallery, the wonders and magic of space Nothing more beautiful than the truth. Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......bonneibennett: – Carl Sagan, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey One… bonneibennett: – Carl Sagan, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey One day we’ll meet aliens, we’ll look up at distant Sol in their heavens and tell them we come from there…And the aliens will reply, in their own language, and years later we’ll work out the translation, “What? You come from the constellation of the Slimeworm?” Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......just–space: Little Planet Astro Camp : Day and night on… just–space: Little Planet Astro Camp : Day and night on this little planet look a lot like day and night on planet Earth. In fact, the images used to construct the little planet projection, a digitally warped and stitched mosaic covering 360×180 degrees, were taken during day and night near Tarjn, Hungary, planet Earth. They span a successful 33-hour-long photo experiment at July’s Hungarian Astronomical Association Astro Camp....caitlinhackettart: “Only the Stars Remember” a new piece… caitlinhackettart: “Only the Stars Remember” a new piece inspired by the Vulpecula constellation, part of a series of star creatures I hope to make. This original 16″ by 20″ painting is in my shop now at www.caitlinhackett....stargateatlspace: Young Suns of NGC 7129 I love stellar… stargateatlspace: Young Suns of NGC 7129 I love stellar nurseries, the Stars always look so young and cute… Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......Some stellar eyecandy Some stellar eyecandy Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......Simply incredibly beautiful.Simply incredibly beautiful. Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......Late nightIt was a Super Blood Moon (or a Luna eclipse while at its closest if you Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......I most certainly am not!I most certainly am not! Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......thefrogman: bewbin: nasa trying to eat the moon [flickr]… thefrogman: bewbin: nasa trying to eat the moon Looks like someone built a real pac-man to me… Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......science-junkie: Messier 42: Orion Nebula Credit: ESOscience-junkie: Messier 42: Orion Nebula Credit: ESO Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......rhubarbes: SH2 – 132 [EXPLORED] by John Taylor. (par…rhubarbes: SH2 – 132 by John Taylor. (par John.R....kenobi-wan-obi: M2-9: “Minkowski’s Butterfly” processing by… kenobi-wan-obi: M2-9: “Minkowski’s Butterfly” processing by Judy Schmidt Minkowski 2-9, abbreviated M2-9 is a planetary nebula that was discovered by Rudolph Minkowski in 1947. It is located about 2,100 light-years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus. Why are explosions so pretty?...thenewenlightenmentage: Crab Nebula’s Strange Pulsar Heart… thenewenlightenmentage: Crab Nebula’s Strange Pulsar Heart Slowly Going Off-Kilter For the first time, astronomers have tracked the evolution of a pulsar’s magnetic field over time, watching as it slowly tilts toward the dead star’s equator. The new observations of the pulsar, located in the Crab Nebula, could offer clues to the long-standing problem of what slows pulsars’ rotation. “Most pulsars are millions or tens of millions of years old,” said Andrew Lyne, emeritus professor of physics at the University of Manchester in the U....1 2 Next » %d bloggers like this:
space-pics: Erupting Volcano with the Milky Way in Guatemala…space-pics: Erupting Volcano with the Milky Way in Guatemala Brilliant alignment. Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......
cosmos-advocate:Expanding bubble nebula. The pareidolia is…cosmos-advocate: Expanding bubble nebula. The pareidolia is strong with this image. Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......
So awesome, the scale of the beast was incomprehensible. Across…So awesome, the scale of the beast was incomprehensible. Across the globe, sane minds shattered trying Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......
the-future-now: Scientists may have discovered another hidden…the-future-now: Scientists may have discovered another hidden planet in our solar system Our solar system got Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......
just–space: The Elephants Trunk in IC 1396 : Like an…just–space: The Elephants Trunk in IC 1396 : Like an illustration in a galactic Just So Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......
ufo-the-truth-is-out-there: The ultimate art gallery, the… ufo-the-truth-is-out-there: The ultimate art gallery, the wonders and magic of space Nothing more beautiful than the truth. Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......
bonneibennett: – Carl Sagan, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey One… bonneibennett: – Carl Sagan, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey One day we’ll meet aliens, we’ll look up at distant Sol in their heavens and tell them we come from there…And the aliens will reply, in their own language, and years later we’ll work out the translation, “What? You come from the constellation of the Slimeworm?” Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......
just–space: Little Planet Astro Camp : Day and night on… just–space: Little Planet Astro Camp : Day and night on this little planet look a lot like day and night on planet Earth. In fact, the images used to construct the little planet projection, a digitally warped and stitched mosaic covering 360×180 degrees, were taken during day and night near Tarjn, Hungary, planet Earth. They span a successful 33-hour-long photo experiment at July’s Hungarian Astronomical Association Astro Camp....
caitlinhackettart: “Only the Stars Remember” a new piece… caitlinhackettart: “Only the Stars Remember” a new piece inspired by the Vulpecula constellation, part of a series of star creatures I hope to make. This original 16″ by 20″ painting is in my shop now at www.caitlinhackett....
stargateatlspace: Young Suns of NGC 7129 I love stellar… stargateatlspace: Young Suns of NGC 7129 I love stellar nurseries, the Stars always look so young and cute… Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......
Some stellar eyecandy Some stellar eyecandy Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......
Simply incredibly beautiful.Simply incredibly beautiful. Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......
Late nightIt was a Super Blood Moon (or a Luna eclipse while at its closest if you Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......
I most certainly am not!I most certainly am not! Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......
thefrogman: bewbin: nasa trying to eat the moon [flickr]… thefrogman: bewbin: nasa trying to eat the moon Looks like someone built a real pac-man to me… Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......
science-junkie: Messier 42: Orion Nebula Credit: ESOscience-junkie: Messier 42: Orion Nebula Credit: ESO Like and ShareTweetShare on TumblrMorePrintWhatsAppPocketTelegramLike this:Like Loading......
rhubarbes: SH2 – 132 [EXPLORED] by John Taylor. (par…rhubarbes: SH2 – 132 by John Taylor. (par John.R....
kenobi-wan-obi: M2-9: “Minkowski’s Butterfly” processing by… kenobi-wan-obi: M2-9: “Minkowski’s Butterfly” processing by Judy Schmidt Minkowski 2-9, abbreviated M2-9 is a planetary nebula that was discovered by Rudolph Minkowski in 1947. It is located about 2,100 light-years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus. Why are explosions so pretty?...
thenewenlightenmentage: Crab Nebula’s Strange Pulsar Heart… thenewenlightenmentage: Crab Nebula’s Strange Pulsar Heart Slowly Going Off-Kilter For the first time, astronomers have tracked the evolution of a pulsar’s magnetic field over time, watching as it slowly tilts toward the dead star’s equator. The new observations of the pulsar, located in the Crab Nebula, could offer clues to the long-standing problem of what slows pulsars’ rotation. “Most pulsars are millions or tens of millions of years old,” said Andrew Lyne, emeritus professor of physics at the University of Manchester in the U....