AlltheInterweb Astronomy @AstroChitChat

The Astronomy Section on @AlltheInterweb for people interested in #Astronomy, aimed mainly at #AmateurAstronomers & #Stargazers at beginner or intermediate. astronomy.alltheinterweb.com Joined February 2011

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New York Post @nypost

a month ago

Manhattan-sized interstellar object appears to emit its own light: Harvard scientist trib.al/OYcI0b8

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World and Science @WorldAndScience

2 months ago

This mesmerizing view of NGC 1232 displays its sprawling 200,000-light-year-wide expanse, featuring a glowing reddish core, striking blue spiral arms, and a warped companion galaxy, all residing 60 million light-years away in the Eridanus constellation. (Credit: ESO)

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Astronomy Picture of the Day @apod

2 months ago

What's that green streak in front of the Andromeda galaxy? A meteor. While photographing the Andromeda galaxy in 2016, near the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower, a small pebble from deep space crossed right in front of our Milky Way Galaxy's far-distant companion. The small…

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BBC Sky at Night Magazine @skyatnightmag

2 years ago

Nearby star system could brighten and become a 'new star' visible to the naked eye any time soon skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/…

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Gatestone Institute @GatestoneInst

2 years ago

China, with Russia's help, wants to build a base on the moon. If the Chinese regime succeeds in building the first facility there, it will try to deny to others the ability to land on the lunar surface. gatestoneinstitute.org/20480/china-ru…

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AlltheInterweb Astronomy @AstroChitChat

2 years ago

#Mirphak: The Luminous Heart of #Perseus [AI Article] blogs.alltheinterweb.co.uk/2024/03/13/mir… via @AlltheInterweb

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Astronomy Picture of the Day @apod

2 years ago

Comet Pons-Brooks in Northern Spring As spring approaches for northern skygazers, Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is growing brighter. Currently visible with small telescopes and binoculars, the Halley-type comet could reach naked eye visibility in the coming weeks. Seen despite a foggy…

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Astronomy Picture of the Day @apod

2 years ago

A Full Plankton Moon What glows in the night? This night featured a combination of usual and unusual glows. Perhaps the most usual glow was from the Moon, a potentially familiar object. The full Moon's nearly vertical descent results from the observer being near Earth's equator.…

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Hubble Space Telescope @HubbleTelescope

2 years ago

These are two colliding galaxies, not one galaxy with sweeping bangs. Arp 122 is made up of NGC 6040 (the hair), which is being warped as it begins to merge with LEDA 59642 (the face), as seen in this Hubble image. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA.

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Insight Observatory @InsightObs

2 years ago

NGC 7635 - the Bubble Nebula, wonderfully processed by Janari Stserbina is a striking emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. The image set that produced this is available on Starbase. starbase.insightobservatory.com/imageset/234

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Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy

2 years ago

I’ll be revealing an epic photo 5 months in the making tomorrow. This was a collaboration between myself and legendary Milky Way/landscape photographer @DanielJStein and is a whopping 1.69 gigapixels. Here’s a timelapse of the event associated with the photo!

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NebulaPhotos @NebulaPhotos

2 years ago

And here’s another snapshot of the comet I took at the same time as the closeup. You can see in this one the context of Andromeda, Mirach, and my tree line. #Astrophotography

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AlltheInterweb Astronomy @AstroChitChat

2 years ago

#Sirius: The Luminous Custodian of the Winter Sky [AI Article] blogs.alltheinterweb.co.uk/2024/03/10/sir… via @AlltheInterweb

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🔭AstroBackyard @AstroBackyard

2 years ago

Goodbye, Orion. See you in November 🥲

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Insight Observatory @InsightObs

2 years ago

Messier 81 (M81) and Messier 82 (M82), superbly processed by Janari Stserbina are two prominent spiral galaxies located in the constellation Ursa Major. M81 - LRGBHa (2023) - starbase.insightobservatory.com/imageset/244 M82 - LRGBHa (2023) - starbase.insightobservatory.com/imageset/244

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AlltheInterweb Astronomy @AstroChitChat

2 years ago

How a mine in YORKSHIRE could hold the key to life on Mars: Scientists are recreating the Red Planet one mile underground to study how humans will survive during future missions dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar…

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Washington Examiner @dcexaminer

2 years ago

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized planet they suspect is covered in volcanoes and could have the potential to sustain life. The planet, known as LP 791-18 d, is about 90 light-years away from Earth. trib.al/05Y3odj

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Insight Observatory @InsightObs

2 years ago

NGC 891, processed by Thomas Großschmidt, is an edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. These image sets that produced this image are available on our image set repository, Starbase free of charge. ateoportal.insightobs.com/starbase

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AlltheInterweb Astronomy @AstroChitChat

3 years ago

‘Coherent’ radio signal is detected from an alien planet 12 light-years away – raising hopes that it could be HABITABLE dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar…