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@setiinstitute@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

#PPOD: NASA’s JWST observed Herbig-Haro 49/50, an outflow from a nearby still-forming star, in high-resolution near- and mid-infrared light. The young star is off to the lower right corner of the image. The intricate features of the outflow, represented in a reddish-orange color, provide detailed clues about how young stars form and how their jet activity affects the surrounding environment. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

#astronomy #space #science

A long tall column of red dust reaches up from the lower right to the upper left of this very detailed image from JWST. At the top end of the column, a galaxy appears to rest; however, that galaxy is in the background. Numerous background galaxies are also in the image as well as a few foreground stars with the tell-tale diffraction spikes of JWST's optics.

@setiinstitute@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

#PPOD: NASA’s JWST observed Herbig-Haro 49/50, an outflow from a nearby still-forming star, in high-resolution near- and mid-infrared light. The young star is off to the lower right corner of the image. The intricate features of the outflow, represented in a reddish-orange color, provide detailed clues about how young stars form and how their jet activity affects the surrounding environment. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

#astronomy #space #science

A long tall column of red dust reaches up from the lower right to the upper left of this very detailed image from JWST. At the top end of the column, a galaxy appears to rest; however, that galaxy is in the background. Numerous background galaxies are also in the image as well as a few foreground stars with the tell-tale diffraction spikes of JWST's optics.

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@setiinstitute@mastodon.social · last week

#PPOD: The interaction of two doomed stars has created this spectacular ring adorned with bright clumps of gas – a diamond necklace of cosmic proportions. Fittingly known as the “Necklace Nebula,” this planetary nebula is located 15,000 light-years away from Earth in the small, dim constellation of Sagitta (the Arrow). Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll

#space #science

Detailed image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope that shows a ring of bright clumps of blue and white gas around a central star, resembling a diamond necklace. Several foreground stars and numerous background galaxies can be seen as well.

@setiinstitute@mastodon.social · last week

#PPOD: The interaction of two doomed stars has created this spectacular ring adorned with bright clumps of gas – a diamond necklace of cosmic proportions. Fittingly known as the “Necklace Nebula,” this planetary nebula is located 15,000 light-years away from Earth in the small, dim constellation of Sagitta (the Arrow). Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll

#space #science

Detailed image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope that shows a ring of bright clumps of blue and white gas around a central star, resembling a diamond necklace. Several foreground stars and numerous background galaxies can be seen as well.

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@setiinstitute@mastodon.social · last week

#PPOD: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to shoot video of Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, eclipsing the Sun. It’s the most zoomed-in, highest-frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from the Martian surface. This image is a still taken from that video, which was shot in April 2022. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/SSI

#planetaryscience #space #science

Still image pulled from a video showing the irregular, small moon Phobos passing in front of the Sun. Phobos is covering a portion of the lower right. There are some sunspots to the left of Phobos.

@setiinstitute@mastodon.social · last week

#PPOD: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to shoot video of Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, eclipsing the Sun. It’s the most zoomed-in, highest-frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from the Martian surface. This image is a still taken from that video, which was shot in April 2022. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/SSI

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Still image pulled from a video showing the irregular, small moon Phobos passing in front of the Sun. Phobos is covering a portion of the lower right. There are some sunspots to the left of Phobos.

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@setiinstitute@mastodon.social · last month

#PPOD: During its close flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io on December 30, 2023, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured some of the most detailed imagery ever of Io’s volcanic surface. In this image, taken by the JunoCam instrument from about 1,500 kilometers above the moon, Io’s night side [left lobe] is illuminated by “Jupitershine,” which is sunlight reflected from the planet’s surface. Credit: NASA/JPL–Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing: Emma Wälimäki © CC BY

#space #science #planetaryscience

Image of Io showing the sunlit right side and the Jupitershine-lit left side in exquisite detail, revealing numerous volcanoes and lava plains scattered throughout.

@setiinstitute@mastodon.social · last month

#PPOD: During its close flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io on December 30, 2023, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured some of the most detailed imagery ever of Io’s volcanic surface. In this image, taken by the JunoCam instrument from about 1,500 kilometers above the moon, Io’s night side [left lobe] is illuminated by “Jupitershine,” which is sunlight reflected from the planet’s surface. Credit: NASA/JPL–Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing: Emma Wälimäki © CC BY

#space #science #planetaryscience

Image of Io showing the sunlit right side and the Jupitershine-lit left side in exquisite detail, revealing numerous volcanoes and lava plains scattered throughout.

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@setiinstitute@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

#PPOD: Mimas, Saturn's innermost large moon, is a small, icy world with a mean diameter of 396 kilometers. The icy moon is notable for its heavily cratered surface, particularly the massive Herschel crater, which gives it a striking resemblance to the Death Star from the Star Wars franchise. This image was captured on January 30, 2017, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute / CICLOPS

#space #science

Portrait of Saturn's moon Mimas, heavily cratered like a golf ball, seen lit from the right side and shown as a half moon.

@setiinstitute@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

#PPOD: Mimas, Saturn's innermost large moon, is a small, icy world with a mean diameter of 396 kilometers. The icy moon is notable for its heavily cratered surface, particularly the massive Herschel crater, which gives it a striking resemblance to the Death Star from the Star Wars franchise. This image was captured on January 30, 2017, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute / CICLOPS

#space #science

Portrait of Saturn's moon Mimas, heavily cratered like a golf ball, seen lit from the right side and shown as a half moon.

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@setiinstitute@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

#PPOD: What appears to be a ripple in space is actually a newborn planet eating its way through its dusty cradle as it orbits its host star. This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, is the first clear detection of a baby planet in a disc with multiple rings. The clear detection of the planet WISPIT 2b in this image represents a significant step forward in our understanding of how planets form. Credit: ESO/R. F. van Capelleveen et al.

#space #science

Surrounding a blocked out star in the center of this image are at least three distinct rings of dust. The innermost is bright white. Immediately next to it is a small, yellow spot at just past the three o'clock position, which is a forming planet. Beyond that are two more hazy, gray rings of dust. The outermost is twice the thickness of the middle and may expand farther out into space.

@setiinstitute@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

#PPOD: What appears to be a ripple in space is actually a newborn planet eating its way through its dusty cradle as it orbits its host star. This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, is the first clear detection of a baby planet in a disc with multiple rings. The clear detection of the planet WISPIT 2b in this image represents a significant step forward in our understanding of how planets form. Credit: ESO/R. F. van Capelleveen et al.

#space #science

Surrounding a blocked out star in the center of this image are at least three distinct rings of dust. The innermost is bright white. Immediately next to it is a small, yellow spot at just past the three o'clock position, which is a forming planet. Beyond that are two more hazy, gray rings of dust. The outermost is twice the thickness of the middle and may expand farther out into space.

@setiinstitute@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

#PPOD: JWST has now captured images of all four gas giants in our solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. These images are the first of their kind, and they offer a new and unprecedented view of these distant worlds.

The JWST's image of Jupiter is particularly stunning. The telescope's infrared vision allows us to see through Jupiter's thick clouds, revealing the planet's swirling atmosphere and its Great Red Spot. The planet's haze and auroras steal the show.

#space #science

Four images from JWST. Upper left: Jupiter in infrared, showing thick and thin cloud bands in white and blue. The Great Red Spot is white and near the four o'clock position. Upper right: Saturn in infrared, with bright rings and a dim planet. Lower left: Uranus in infrared, showing the bright rings and blue planet with a white glow in the middle. Lower right: Neptune in infrared, with faint bands, several tiny moons, and a gray-white planet with several bright spots that are storms.

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@setiinstitute@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

#PPOD: This image of Uranus’ aurorae was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 10 October 2022. These observations were made by the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and include both visible and ultraviolet data. An international team of astronomers used Hubble to make new measurements of Uranus' interior rotation rate by analyzing more than a decade of the telescope’s observations of Uranus’ aurorae. Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, L. Lamy, L. Sromovsky

#space #science

Photo of Uranus taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, showing a blue orb that glows with blue aurorae at the nine and four o'clock positions. A faint ring can be seen around the planet, reaching nearly the edges of the image.

@setiinstitute@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

#PPOD: This image of Uranus’ aurorae was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 10 October 2022. These observations were made by the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and include both visible and ultraviolet data. An international team of astronomers used Hubble to make new measurements of Uranus' interior rotation rate by analyzing more than a decade of the telescope’s observations of Uranus’ aurorae. Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, L. Lamy, L. Sromovsky

#space #science

Photo of Uranus taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, showing a blue orb that glows with blue aurorae at the nine and four o'clock positions. A faint ring can be seen around the planet, reaching nearly the edges of the image.

Greg Lloyd boosted

@setiinstitute@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

#PPOD: New images of Phobos, Mars' innermost natural satellite, taken from over the red planet by ESA's Mars Express and processed by Andrea Luck, show the tiny world above Olympus Mons. Captured on 14 May 2025. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Andrea Luck

#planetaryscience #space #science

Long landscape picture of the surface of Mars, seen from space, showing Olympus Mons to the right of center. Directly below the volcano, a small moon - Phobos - can be seen.

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