The Ring Nebula (M57), is more complicated than it appears through a small telescope. The easily visible central ring is about one light-year across, but this remarkable combined exposure by the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope explores this popular nebula with deep exposures in visible and infrared light. Strings of gas, like eyelashes around a cosmic eye, become evident around the Ring in this digitally enhanced featured image in assigned colors. These long filaments may be caused by shadowing of knots of dense gas in the ring from energetic light emitted within.

this is a combined view of the hubble and webb views of the ring nebula and oh my god it’s SO beautiful 🌌

Hubble was recently retrained on NGC 6302, known as the "Butterfly Nebula," to observe it across a more complete spectrum of light, from near-ultraviolet to near-infrared, helping researchers better understand the mechanics at work in its technicolor "wings" of gas. The observations highlight a new pattern of near-infrared emission from singly ionized iron, which traces an S shape from lower left to upper right. This iron emission likely traces the central star system’s most recent ejections of gas, which are moving at much faster speeds than the previously expelled mass. The star or stars at its center are responsible for the nebula's appearance. In their death throes, they have cast off layers of gas periodically over the past couple thousand years. The "wings" of NGC 6302 are regions of gas heated to more than 36,000 degrees Fahrenheit that are tearing across space at more than 600,000 miles an hour. NGC 6302 lies between 2,500 and 3,800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius.

NGC 6302: The "Butterfly Nebula"
Credit:NASA

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

Brasil, você me faz sentir tão pequeno.

Nos vemos quinta e sexta na #CCXP.

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Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

#happythanksgiving

Thanksgiving with in-laws.

Pray for me.

Just a friendly reminder...

Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
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This morning I dragged myself out of bed at 3:00 to head to the West End Bridge in hopes of capturing the moon over PPG Place and the Christmas tree at the Point in #Pittsburgh. Luckily the clouds stayed away for long enough to allow that to happen. Made for an amazing view.

Tomorrow isn't just Thanksgiving, it's also happens to be Millie's 12th birthday & she would greatly appreciate being acknowledged in any of your holiday toasts.

Thanking you in advance, Chelsea & Mar🐫

Bluesky 1.95. Improvements: New reply sorting option: "hotness." Improved localizations. Smoother feed scrolling. You can now swipe away informational "toasts". Fixes: Camera photos no longer get stretched. Newlines no longer get dropped on copypaste. Lots of other bug fixes and performance improvements.

📢 App Version 1.95 is rolling out now (1/6)

Lots of bugfixes and performance improvements in this one!

When world domination isn’t enough, reach for the Universe. #UniversalOrlando #Hosted

They fight for the fetus because the fetus doesn’t ask anything of them. The moment the fetus becomes a baby they will do everything they can to cut the programs that feed the child, clothe the child and educate the child. And the mother will be labeled a “Welfare Queen” the moment she seeks help!

#SpaceMaria

Vibrant illustration of a dark shorthaired cat climbing through the tangled branches of a plum tree against a mustard yellow background. A few white butterflies flutter amongst the fruit and foliage.

From Dean’s Mother Goose Book of Rhymes, illustrated by Janet Grahame Johnstone and Ann Grahame Johnstone. This book was published in 1977 but it was a compilation of several volumes from throughout the 70s.

I like chicken fried rice. I wonder if I can be Ambassador to China?

Goodbye Twitter, hello Bluesky 👋🏾

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The FBI on Wednesday morning raided the New York City apartment of Shayne Coplan, the founder and CEO of Polymarket.

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why are they so angry after winning

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Favorite Fruit?

pixel art showing a soft orange and blue sunset, showcasing glowing powerpoles being lit by the sun, a full moon rising, and various ground foliage turning shades of brown as it dies, preparing for autumn.

summer isolation 🧡✨

#pixelart

smash.