Universe

Cygnus is like the fire of space, another amazing part of the Milky Way

For centuries, comets have captured our imagination. Across history they have been the harbingers of doom, inspired artists and fascinated astronomers. These icy remnants of the formation of the Solar System hold secrets to help us understand the events nearly 5 billion years ago. But before these secrets can be revealed, comets have to be studied and to study them they need to be found. A team of researchers have developed a technique to hunt down comets based upon data from meteor showers and to assess if they pose any threat to us here on Earth!

Meteor Showers May One Day Help Protect Humanity!

A long-period comet called 2001 RX14 (Linear) turned up in images captured in 2002 by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey telescope in New Mexico.

Lapland,Finland

Wish you all happy new year 🥳🎆.

The Hourglass Nebula seen by Hubble

Stargazing

Aurora over Monument Valley, Arizona 🇺🇸

when the sky comes alive ✨

Aspen, Colorado ❄️

Magnificent View of the Milky Way Galaxy!

Lady Aurora paiting the sky with magic! 💜

M27: The Dumbbell Nebula

Beautiful 😍 view of Milky-way.
📸 :-@imhoff.imagery

Those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot possibly have understood it. ~ Niels Bohr

The real size of things ~ A Thread🧵

1. If Saturn were as close to Earth as the Moon, this is what it would look like:

Amazing «mother of pearl» clouds over Oslo this morning 😍. Also known as polar stratospheric clouds.
📸lailahammeren and bergensiana

Clearest image of Uranus ever taken.|NASA|

Andromeda Galaxy

ALASKA USA

One-in-a-million shot... photographing Pyramids and accidently capturing two meteors entering Earth at the same time...

The universe’s largest water reservoir, 140 trillion times the water in Earth's oceans, found near a supermassive black hole: Astronomers have discovered an enormous reservoir of water vapor near the quasar APM 08279+5255, located over 12 billion light-years away. This cosmic water supply contains 140 trillion times the water found in Earth’s oceans and surrounds a supermassive black hole 20 billion times the mass of our Sun. The quasar, which radiates energy equivalent to a thousand trillion suns, offers a glimpse into the conditions of the early universe. The discovery highlights the presence of water vapor billions of years ago, suggesting that life’s building blocks have existed for much of the universe’s history. The region around the quasar is far denser and warmer than typical galactic environments, providing key insights into how galaxies, black holes, and stars formed and evolved. This breakthrough was achieved using advanced telescopes in Hawaii, California, and France, offering an extraordinary window into the cosmos’ earliest chapters.

The universe’s largest water reservoir, 140 trillion times the water in Earth's oceans, found near a supermassive black hole.

The Christmas Tree in Space

Perseids (by Petr Horálek Photography) 😍

The Pluto system with moons Charon Nix and Hydra.
Credit: NASA, Damian Peach

This is what we will see in 4 billion years