N132D And The Colour Of X-Rays

Earth and Moon from 114 Million Miles away. Captured by MESSENGER spacecraft. Makes you feel small doesn’t it?

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Rho Ophiuchi |  Jim Keller

Symbiotic R Aquarii

Credits: Hubble, NASA, ESA, License, Judy Schmidt

NGC 6357, Celestial Cathedral

Happy First Contact Day! 🖖🏻 Live Long and Prosper 🖖🏻

Spacewalker Ed White was born on this day in 1930.

Deep space.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Steve Finkelstein (UT Austin).

Open star cluster M45, also known as the Pleiades.

1 & 2 via Flickr

The star Sirius as seen through a telescope.

Have you ever looked up at the sky at night and wonder what that bright color changing object is that’s blinking? Here you go!