#JPL-Caltech

[darkenergyslivers]

nasa: A stone cold look at Saturn 🗿

The giant planet gives us a look into its moody disposition. The Cassini spacecraft captured this image on Jan. 30, 2007, from a distance of 700,000 miles (1.1 million kilometers). As Saturn’s atmosphere rages with thunderous and hurricane-like storms, its majestic rings spin a tale of ancient collisions and cataclysms. A joint endeavor of NASA, @europeanspaceagency, and @agenziaspazialeitaliana, Cassini was a sophisticated robotic spacecraft sent to study Saturn and its complex system of rings and moons over the course of a decade. Lessons we took from Cassini helped in the planning of our #EuropaClipper mission, which is on its way to Jupiter and expected to arrive in April 2030. Image description: A black-and-white image of Saturn taken from a lower angle. The rings of Saturn frame the upper right portion of the planet in various widths. Details of stripes and swirls from storms can be seen along the face of the planet. The left side of the planet is encompassed in a shadow. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute #NASA #Space #Saturn #Rings #Storms #Atmosphere #Moody #Planet #SolarSystem #BlackAndWhite

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Curiosity Views Gediz Vallis !

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mastcam to capture this mosaic of Gediz Vallis, the 3,646th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

In the center of the valley in this image is a pile of boulders and debris that may have been swept there by flowing water billions of years ago.

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Insane view of the great Andromeda Galaxy — home to one trillion stars. 🌌

📹: FarLife1 via X

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The Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.

It was originally named the Andromeda Nebula and is cataloged as Messier 31, M31, and NGC 224.

Andromeda has a D25 isophotal diameter of about 46.56 kiloparsecs (152,000 light-years) and is approximately 765 kpc (2.5 million light-years) from Earth.

The galaxy's name stems from the area of Earth's sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda, which itself is named after the princess who was the wife of Perseus in Greek mythology.

[aldocerandaz]

Eclipses para estudiar exoplanetas alrededor de sus estrellas anfitrionas

Una nueva y emocionante investigación realizada por astrónomos a descubierto un cielo lleno de estrellas eclipsadas por sus exoplanetas gigantes gaseosos. ¿Ese cielo nocturno estrellado? Está lleno de eclipses. @NASA_ Nuestra estrella, el Sol, en ocasiones une fuerzas con la Luna para ofrecernos a los terrícolas un espectacular eclipse solar, como el que será visible en partes de Estados…

[jackiebranc]

🔴 Mars Perseverance Sol 1454: Right Mastcam-Z Camera / enhanced

March 23, 2025 (Sol 1454) / 10:15:34 local solar time

source image: Mars_Perseverance_ZR0_1454_0796010287_081EBY_N0710000ZCAM09515_1100LMJ

Image Credit: NASA / JPL - Caltech / ASU / Jackie Branc

[celestialdaily]

The celestial object of the day is Phobos!

It's Mars's largest moon with 21 km (13 mi), it orbits Mars at only 6,000 km (3,700 mi) and it gets closer by 1.8 meters every year, at that rate is expected to collide with Mars or form a planetary ring in about 30-50 million years!

[on--mars]

SOL - 4394

Visualization: Vladimir Jankijevic

Credit: Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech - https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Soul Nebula

(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA)

[tugumu]

Mars

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

[democracyunderground]

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute⁣

Saturn's moon Titan shows off its atmosphere in this image captured by Cassini, as the spacecraft passed by at a distance of 900,000 miles (1.4 million km). Titan is unique among moons in our solar system, being the only moon with a thick atmosphere, which is comprised mainly of nitrogen, small amounts of methane, and trace amounts of carbon-rich compounds which rain down on Titan's surface.⁣ ⁣ Titan is one of the most promising places in our solar system to look for life, with what is suspected to be a large ocean of liquid water hidden beneath its surface. Life on Titan would be very different than on Earth, though, with rivers and lakes of liquid methane strewn across its surface, an atmospheric pressure 60 times that of Earth, and a surface temperature of -290 degrees Fahrenheit or -179 degrees Celsius.⁣ ⁣ Image description: The Cassini spacecraft captures the night side of Saturn's largest moon and sees sunlight scattering through Titan's atmosphere, forming purple and gray rings. Titan appears primarily black, with a sliver of yellow highlighted against its atmosphere and the blackness of space.⁣ ⁣

[blasteffect]

"Hand of God"

Can you see the shape of a hand in this new X-ray image?

The hand might look like an X-ray from the doctor's office, but it is actually a cloud of material ejected from a star that exploded.

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has imaged the structure in high-energy X-rays for the first time, shown in blue.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/McGill

[thepastisalreadywritten]

[aldocerandaz]

Los Mavericks del INGENUITY: cómo la NASA amplió la misión del primer helicóptero a Marte

El 18 de febrero de 2021, el pequeño helicóptero Ingenuity de la NASA despegó de la superficie de Marte, haciendo historia como la primera aeronave en volar en otro planeta. La misión original era simple: realizar cinco vuelos de prueba para demostrar la viabilidad del vuelo en Marte. Pero el Ingenuity superó todas las expectativas, completando 19 vuelos en total y acumulando más de 2,8…

[skycrorg]

,Procedente de la constelación de Sagitario, el cometa interestelar ha sido bautizado oficialmente como 3I/ATLAS. Actualmente se encuentra a unos 670 millones de kilómetros de distancia.

[on--mars]

SOL - 4456

Visualization: Vladimir Jankijevic

Credit: Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech - https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Helix Nebula

(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ.of Ariz.)