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From the Galactic Plane through Antares Image Credit & License: Rogelio Bernal Andreo (Deep Sky Colors) Explanation: Behold one of the most photogenic regions of the night sky, captured impressively. Featured, the band of our Milky Way Galaxy runs
An Airplane in Front of the Moon Image Credit & Copyright: Ji-Hoon Kim Explanation: If you look closely at the Moon, you will see a large airplane in front of it. Well, not always. OK, hardly ever. Actually, to capture an image like this takes
Shadow Rise on the Inside Passage Image Credit & Copyright: Steve Cullen Explanation: At sunset look east not west. As Earth’s dark shadow rises from the eastern horizon, faint and subtle colors will appear opposite the setting Sun. This
Charon: Moon of Pluto Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Institute, U.S. Naval Observatory Explanation: A darkened and mysterious north polar region known to some as Mordor Macula caps this premier high-resolution view.
A Northern Summer’s Night Image Credit & License: Ruslan Merzlyakov (RMS Photography) Explanation: Near a summer’s midnight a mist haunts the river bank in this dreamlike skyscape taken on July 3rd from northern Denmark. Reddened light
Road to Mars Image Credit & Copyright: John Chumack Explanation: What’s that light at the end of the road? Mars. This is a good month to point out Mars to your friends and family because our neighboring planet will not only be its brightest
Noctilucent Clouds over Paris Fireworks Video Credit & Copyright: Jean-Luc Dauvergne (Ciel et Espace); Explanation: It’s northern noctilucent cloud season – perhaps a time to celebrate! Composed of small ice crystals forming only during
A Nibble on the Sun Image Credit & Copyright: Padraic Koen, Adelaide, South Australia Explanation: The smallest of the three partial solar eclipses during 2018 was just yesterday, Friday, July 13. It was mostly visible over the open ocean between
Rings Around the Ring Nebula Image Credit: Hubble, Large Binocular Telescope, Subaru Telescope; Composition & Copyright: Robert Gendler Explanation: There is much more to the familiar Ring Nebula (M57), however, than can be seen through a small
Moon and Venus over Cannon Beach Image Credit & Copyright: James W. Young Explanation: What’s that spot next to the Moon? Venus. Two days ago, the crescent Moon slowly drifted past Venus, appearing within just two degrees at its closest.
astrowhat: APOD: 10 years of the Perseid meteor shower.
the-science-llama: Hurricanes/Typhoons viewed from Space Typhoon Nabi - September 3, 2005 Hurricane Emily - July 17, 2005 Hurricane Dean - August 18, 2007 Hurricane Ivan (APOD)- September 11, 2004 Hurricane Emilia - July 2012 Typhoon Yuri - November
humanoidhistory: Man, mountain, and aurora — The aurora borealis over the summit of the Austnesfjorden fjord close to the town of Svolvear on the Lofoten islands in northern Norway. Photo by Max Rive. (NASA/APOD)
humanoidhistory: See that little black dot on the left? That’s planet Mercury in transit across the face of our humongous Sun. Observed by Howard Brown-Greaves. Via NASA/APOD.
fyeahastropics: Dust of the Orion Nebula(via APOD; Image Credit & Copyright: Raul Villaverde Fraile ) What surrounds a hotbed of star formation? In the case of the Orion Nebula – dust. The entire Orion field, located about 1600 light
fyeahastropics: The California Nebula(via APOD; Image Credit & Copyright: Farmakopoulos Antonis ) What’s California doing in space? Drifting through the Orion Arm of the spiral Milky Way Galaxy, this cosmic cloud by chance echoes the
fyeahastropics: Stars and Globules in the Running Chicken Nebula(via APOD; Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh ) The eggs from this gigantic chicken may form into stars. The featured emission nebula, shown in scientifically assigned colors,
fyeahastropics: Massive Stars in NGC 6357(via APOD; Image Credit & Copyright: CHART32 Team, Processing - Johannes Schedler ) Massive stars lie within NGC 6357, an expansive emission nebula complex some 6,500 light-years away toward the tail
fyeahastropics: NGC 6357: Cathedral to Massive Stars(via APOD; Image Credit: NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (IAA, Spain); Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) ) How massive can a normal star be? Estimates made from distance,
fyeahastropics: Full Venus and Crescent Moon Rise(via APOD; Image Credit & Copyright: A. Rosenberg, D. López (El Cielo de Canarias) / IAC ) Inner planet Venus and a thin crescent Moon are never found far from the Sun in planet Earth’s skies.
fyeahastropics: Asperatus Clouds Over New Zealand(via APOD; Image Credit & Copyright: Witta Priester ) What kind of clouds are these? Although their cause is presently unknown, such unusual atmospheric structures, as menacing as they might
fyeahastropics: Comet PanSTARRS and the Helix Nebula(via APOD; Image Credit & Copyright: Fritz Helmut Hemmerich )> It’s rare that such different objects are imaged so close together. Such an occasion is occurring now, though, and was
fyeahastropics: The North Celestial Tower(via APOD; Image Credit & Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis (TWAN) ) If you climbed to the top of this 13th century stone tower, it looks like you could reach out and touch the North Celestial Pole, the
fyeahastropics: A Huge Solar Filament Erupts(via APOD; Video Credit: NASA’s GSFC, SDO AIA Team ) Filaments sometimes explode off the Sun. Featured, a huge filament had been seen hovering over the Sun’s surface for over a week before it
fyeahastropics: The Keyhole in the Carina Nebula(via APOD; Image Credit: NASA, Hubble Heritage (AURA/STScI) ) The dark dusty Keyhole Nebula gets its name from its unusual shape. The looping Keyhole, in this featured classic image by the
fyeahastropics: Aurora Over White Dome Geyser(via APOD; Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Howell ) Sometimes both heaven and Earth erupt. Colorful aurorae erupted unexpectedly a few years ago, with green aurora appearing near the horizon and
fyeahastropics: M63: The Sunflower Galaxy from Hubble(via APOD; Image Credit: ESA, NASA, Hubble ) One of the bright spiral galaxies visible in the north sky is M63, the Sunflower Galaxy. M63, also catalogued as NGC 5055, can be found with
humanoidhistory:See that little black dot on the left? That’s planet Mercury in transit across the face of our humongous Sun. Observed by Howard Brown-Greaves. Via NASA/APOD.
humanoidhistory: Close-up views of the Lagoon Nebula, aka M8, a giant insterstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. Fun fact: It was discovered in 1654 by Italian astronomer Giovanni Hodierna. (NASA/APOD)
humanoidhistory: The central band of the Milky Way galaxy observed in Laguna Cejar in Salar de Atacama, northern Chile. Photography by Nicholas Buer. (APOD/NASA)
amq: Aurora over Norway (APOD) | Max Rive
gunsandposes-history: The Eagle Nebula, observed with the 0.9-meter telescope at Kitt Peak, Arizona. (NASA/APOD)
humanoidhistory: Behold M104, the Sombrero Galaxy, courtesy of NASA, ESO , NAOJ, Giovanni Paglioli with processing by R. Colombari.(NASA/APOD)
humanoidhistory: Behold NGC 6357, “cathedral to massive stars.” Credit: NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (IAA, Spain). (NASA/APOD)
astronomy-is-awesome: Nebula Images: http://nebulaimages.com/ Astronomy articles: http://astronomyisawesome.com/ #astronomy #apod #space #nasa
traverse-our-universe: Open Cluster NGC 290: A Stellar Jewel Box via APOD/NASA; Credit: ESA & NASA; Acknowledgement: E. Olszewski (U. Arizona)
assubtleasasplinter: 144/156 Source: APOD This picture is taken from a composite of two halves of the night sky on opposite sides of the globe. The bands spiraling out are the arms of the milky way from our perspective.
vertigoheadspace: More APOD site comparisons: 1) The Tarantula Zone by Robert Gendler Apr. 26, 2008 2) The Cosmic Web of the Tarantula Nebula by Joseph Brimacombe Nov. 11, 2008 3) In the Heart of the Tarantula Nebula by ESA, NASA, ESO, Danny
fyeahastropics: The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty(via APOD; Image Credit & Copyright: Herbert Walter, CEDIC Team ) This colorful skyscape spans about three full moons (1.5 degrees) across nebula rich starfields along the plane of our Milky
sagansense: the-science-llama: Hurricanes/Typhoons viewed from Space Typhoon Nabi - September 3, 2005 Hurricane Emily - July 17, 2005 Hurricane Dean - August 18, 2007 Hurricane Ivan (APOD)- September 11, 2004 Hurricane Emilia - July 2012 Typhoon
fyeahastropics: NGC 6240: Merging Galaxies(via APOD; Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage (STScI / AURA), A. Evans (U. Virginia / NRAO / Stony Brook U.) ) NGC 6240 offers a rare, nearby glimpse of a cosmic catastrophe in its final throes.
chmod666: APOD: Explanation: http://ift.tt/1yYjRy6
wonders-of-the-cosmos: Galaxy M74 (via apod)
wonders-of-the-cosmos: M104: The Sombrero Galaxy (apod)
inothernews: IT’S ALL EEK TO ME Last night’s A full Moon, seen over the Parthenon in Athens, Greece earlier this year. (Photo: Anthony Ayiomamitis / TWAN via NASA APOD) (H/t to fellow Tumblrers idroolinmysleep and krispayne for the corrections!)
specialformany: SkyThe International Space Station Crosses in Front of the MoonCredit: Andrew McCarthyDate: 2020 October 14, 9:32 am PacificFrom: Elk Grove, California, USA https://www.facebook.com/APOD.Sky/photos/a.231356626968564/3060659197371612/
