Limb of Jupiter, featuring the Great Red Spot - as seen by Voyager 2 on 28th June 1979, just prior to its historic encounter with the giant planet. Reprocessed by Ian Regan.
Jupiter taken by Voyager 2 - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/8wi2Ey
PSZ2G125.71+53.86 | NIRCam #JWST
Proposal ID: 5594 (www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-...)
PI: Mahler, Guillaume.
This observation belongs to the same one I uploaded a few days ago (PSZ2G229.74+77.96) which was my first working image.
I'll bring more of this same proposal.
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A orange transient next to a blue galaxy. Several white and orange galaxies are located around the central galaxy.
AT 2026dbl with #JWST NIRCam (F150W, F200W, F356W)
program: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
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A broad arrow-shaped shadow cast by part of the rover points directly at arguably the largest piece of Martian grit in the 'sand garden' (actually an otherwise redundant open-topped box structure on the rover's deck)
NASA Mars Perseverance Rover Sol 1,835 (19th April, 2026)
It's grit o'clock
MastCam-Z (L)
@ 12:20 lmst
S/D: 087/4184
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Credits: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU / MSSS / Martian-Observer
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Orbital view of a cloud formation over the icy north polar cap of Mars. The main cloud formation sits in the lower part of the ice cap and appears bright white, shifting to a slightly dustier tone closer to the ice cap. It resembles cirrus like clouds, formed in patches and curved bands shaped by wind. The polar cap below shows a spiral like structure, bordered by rust colored terrain with a faint hazy appearance.
CNSA’s Tianwen-1 mission has recently released new images of Mars, including this view of the north polar cap showing a very cool cloud formation.
Full size 4K & more info: flic.kr/p/2s819o9 🔭🧪
Image Processing: Andrea Luck
Raw Images: CNSA/CLEP/PEC/MoRIC
Those are 2 images taken on 2025-08-09
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Subject seen through Mastcam-Z's right 'eye': The part of the rock that was under the regolith looks darker, as if wet, though it can't be, and regolith appears to have adhered to it.
Same subject but seen through Mastcam-Z's left 'eye'
NASA Mars Perseverance Rover Sol 1,834 (18th April, 2026)
Small rock partially displaced from the grainy dust covered regolith by the rover's passage
MastCam-Z (L+R) ZCAM04354
Captured 13:22-23 lmst
S/D: 087/4184
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Credits: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU / MSSS / Martian-Observer
JNCE_2021105_33C00029_V01 NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
Jupiter - PJ33-29 - Detail - From Kevin M. Gill (kevinmgill.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2kUSbzw
An enhanced image from NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover’s Left Mastcam-Z camera on Sol 1834 (April 18, 2026). The photograph showcases a close-up view of layered Martian rocks and sandy terrain, highlighting the intricate textures and rugged features of the Red Planet’s surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Jackie Branc.
1/2🧵🔴 Mars Perseverance Sol 1834: Left #Mastcam-Z Camera / enhanced 🔭🧪
April 18, 2026, 13:22:16
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/ Jackie Branc
#RedPlanet #Mars #Perseverance #NASA #JPL-Caltech #ASU
NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating
The Low-energy Charged Particles experiment has been operating almost without interruption since Voyager 1 launched in 1977 - almost 49 years. 🧪🔭 #Voyager
science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyage...
power point slide showing the camera locations on the orion spacecraft. For Artemis II, the vehicle-mounted OIS comprises: • 4 Solar Array Wing (SAW) cameras • 3 in-cabin wireless cameras • 3 external wired cameras • 2 human-health monitoring cameras • 2 camera controllers • 1 Fwd Bay high speed camera Other optical systems: • 4 wireless cameras for NatGeo payload (proprietary data) • 4 Portable computing devices (tablets) with webcams • 2 Nikon D5 DSLR camera bodies (+ lenses, batteries, etc.) • 2 ZCube video encoders (prime + spare) • 1 Docking Camera (DCAM) • 1 Optical Navigation (OPNAV) camera • 1 drag-on temp-mount camera to monitor crew ingress (KSC system)
Of course I only found this post-flight, but there is a good presentation of all the camera systems installed on the Artemis II Orion spacecraft. #Artemis
Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJzU...
PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20...
Newest release of #Jupiter aurora from program 17408. Observation date 2025-10-17, but released a few days ago.
www.planetarylightshow.com/jupiter/prop...
Credit: Planetary Light Show
Zoom in on the martian clouds at the bottom of the ice polar cap. The colour is more dust like than the rest of the whith ish formation.
The dusty-ish part is the coolest imho
We wish 😁
Orbital view of a cloud formation over the icy north polar cap of Mars. The main cloud formation sits in the lower part of the ice cap and appears bright white, shifting to a slightly dustier tone closer to the ice cap. It resembles cirrus like clouds, formed in patches and curved bands shaped by wind. The polar cap below shows a spiral like structure, bordered by rust colored terrain with a faint hazy appearance.
CNSA’s Tianwen-1 mission has recently released new images of Mars, including this view of the north polar cap showing a very cool cloud formation.
Full size 4K & more info: flic.kr/p/2s819o9 🔭🧪
Image Processing: Andrea Luck
Raw Images: CNSA/CLEP/PEC/MoRIC
Those are 2 images taken on 2025-08-09
Bright oval shaped grand design spiral galaxy with arms above and below oval shape.
This is M81 in Ursa Major, captured with a new Spectral Pro hybrid filter that screens out most light pollution. M81 may be responsible for the new star formation in M82, the Cigar Galaxy, that I posted last week. #astrophotography More details in my gallery: app.astrobin.com/i/9g6z4e
Today's BA Newsletter has an *INCREDIBLE* JWST image of Sharpless 2-305, a star-forming nebula that will crush your brain into subatomic dust (complimentary).
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/happy-2-10...
[my thanks to @markmccaughrean.bsky.social for his help with this; he took the image!]
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#NASA's #Mars rover #Curiosity
2026-03-23 Sol 4844: Mars Descent Imager #MARDI
mars.nasa.gov/raw_images/1...
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/j. Roger
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As you may know, I have a particular thing for Martian sand ripples - anyway here's a crop from the Perseverance rover Mastcam-Z image that particularly caught my eye.
Thanks for doing this ❤️ it’s finally been processed as it deserves
The Total Solar Eclipse from Artemis II
This image sequence was captured by a modified GoPro on the solar array of the Orion spacecraft while the Artemis II mission flew around the farside of the moon.
Credit: NASA/Simeon Schmauß
🔭🧪 #Artemis
TIL that the Crab pulsar can actually be seen flickering in visible light.
Apparently this was first noticed by a female vistitor at an observatory in the late 1950s, years before pulsars were first described! 🔭
Credit: Dr. Frank Fleischmann CC-BY-SA-4.0
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M1...
This is a JWST Space Telescope near infrared image of a star forming region and a nearby protostar. A vast expanding cloud like formation fills the scene set against the dark of space dotted with countless background stars and galaxies. Parts of the cloud rise in uneven shapes that resemble ridges. The cloud appears soft and mist like with its inner regions glowing in bluish tones while the outer edges fade into warmer orange hues.
Star forming region Sharpless 305 and protostar RAFGL5232 by JWST Space Telescope NIRCam
Full 170MP image: flic.kr/p/2s6Uqff 🧪🔭
Processing: Andrea Luck CC BY
Credit: Mark McCaughrean (@markmccaughrean.bsky.social),MPIA/NASA,ESA,CSA/STScI/j.Roger ( @landru79.bsky.social)
Seeing all that interactions it’s always depressing
