M F ∆ W Apr 17, 2023
Arp 220 is an ultra-luminous infrared #galaxy (ULIRG) that emits 300 times more light than the #MilkyWay. It also happens to glow brightest in infrared light, Webb's specialty.
Source: #NASA
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M F ∆ W Apr 15, 2023
#DYK it can #rain on the #Sun? #Plasma rain occurs when large globs of super-hot gas called plasma gather in the Sun’s outer #atmosphere. When the globs of plasma become cooler and more dense than the rest of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, they drip back down on to the Sun like rain.
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M F ∆ W Apr 13, 2023

The Sombrero Galaxy is a peculiar #galaxy of unclear classification in the constellation borders of #Virgo and #Corvus, being about 9.55 megaparsecs from the Milky Way galaxy.

Stars: 100 billion
Coordinates: RA 12h 39m 59s | Dec -11° 37′ 23″
Apparent mass: ~0.0000008 billion M☉
Age: 13.25 billion years
Distance to Earth: 29.35 million light years
Radius: 25,000 light years
Magnitude: 8

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M F ∆ W Apr 13, 2023
This Amazing Video Of #Europa and #Io Orbiting #Jupiter Has Gone Viral, And, It Is 100% Legit
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M F ∆ W Jan 28, 2023
This time-lapse of #Hubble images, spanning 22 years, traces the ongoing aftermath of #Supernova 1987A. Hubble shows a #shockwave from the #stellar explosion hitting a ring of material previously cast off by the dying #star.
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M F ∆ W Jan 15, 2023

You're looking at the first direct image of another #planetary system located about 300 light-years away around a star like our #Sun.
Captured by #ESO Telescope.

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M F ∆ W Jan 7, 2023
Jupiter's monster storm, the Great Red Spot, was once so large that three Earths would fit inside it. But new measurements by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveal that the largest storm in our solar system has downsized significantly. The red spot, which has been raging for at least a hundred years, is only the width of one Earth.
The #Hubble images were taken in 1995, 2009, and 2014.
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M F ∆ W Dec 31, 2022
How the solar system travels through the galaxy!
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M F ∆ W Dec 30, 2022
This is how Jupiter has protected earth for billions of years. The gravity of Jupiter keeps most asteroids and space rocks away from Earth. Without it earth would most likely be uninhabitable for humans. Mad respect for Jupiter.
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M F ∆ W Dec 30, 2022

Dance of Earth and Venus forms a stunning pattern in space.

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