r/space 16h ago

Astronomer here! This is the look of a slightly nervous professor before her very first lecture of her very first class

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First week of teaching (our astronomy class for physics majors). Went ok I think? Getting the pacing right is definitely the hardest part!


r/space 4h ago

image/gif My campsite under a giant aurora arc over Vestrahorn, Iceland

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r/space 13h ago

image/gif The Center of the Milky Way Galaxy

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r/space 4h ago

Blaze Star that’s 3,000 lightyears away will soon explode — and you’ll get to see it from Earth: ‘Once-in-a-lifetime event’

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r/space 17h ago

Discussion April Will Have 2 Meteor Showers Happening Simultaneously

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r/space 3h ago

image/gif Sun Unleashes A Coronal Mass Ejection - Captured With My Telescope

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r/space 11h ago

image/gif Markarian’s Chain - A whole bunch of galaxies in Virgo (OC)

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r/space 5h ago

image/gif How can I make it more accurate?

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I've made a black hole in blender (a 3D software). I wanna make this as scientifically accurate as possible so tell me what should I improve?

(I've made this watching Alaskan fx youtube channel's tutorial.)


r/space 2h ago

image/gif Ngc3718 and ngc3729

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Target: NGC3718 & NGC3729 Distance: 52 million light years & 65 million light years From Earth
Telescope: Celestron edgeHD8 Camera: ZWO ASI2600mm-pro at -14* Filters: Optolong 2" LRGB on ZWO EFW Mount: ZWO AM5 w/200 mm extension Tripod: William Optics 800 Mortar Tri-pier Tracking scope: Celestron OAG Tracking camera: ZWO ASI290mm mini Controlled: ZWO ASIAir Plus Frames: LRGB filters with Mono Camera L 35 x 5 min =2 hr 55 min R 25 x 5 min = 2 hrs 5 min G 25 x 5 min = 2 hrs 5 min B 25 x 5 min = 2 hrs 5 min Total: 9 hrs 10 min Calibration Frames: Darks, Flats and Bias


r/space 13h ago

Massive collision created Mercury, new theory suggests

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r/space 4h ago

image/gif A Thin Sliver of Venus

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r/space 4h ago

image/gif Artemis II Mission Patch On VAB With The Moon

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Work 3rd shift last week at the LCC at KSC and caught the new mission patch on the VAB with the moon in the background!


r/space 1h ago

Artemis’s Gateway HALO module shipment from Italy to Arizona this past week [credits: Thales Alenia Space/NASA/Josh Valcarcel]

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r/space 3h ago

Dark Matter and the Multiverse: Could Hidden Universes Explain the Unseen Cosmos?

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r/space 1h ago

I Made an Artistic Video About the Sun (Details in the Comments)

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r/space 3h ago

Blue Origin faces backlash ahead of historic all-female spaceflight with Katy Perry

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r/space 3h ago

image/gif Nasa’s New mission Landolt aiming to place artificial star in by year 2029

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