A bit of Pluto
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Animation of Phobos Over Mars: a time lapse from 2007 to 2021
Full size & info: https://flic.kr/p/2qREua9
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY
8 frames, captured by ESA Mars Express. It's stabilized on Phobos (Todd crater) to play with the disorienting effect.
All images below ⬇️
Check out also my Album about Phobos on Flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvrQL
Edited 4h ago
#Venus and the Triply #Ultraviolet #Sun
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A bit of Pluto
#pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics
A bit of Pluto
#pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics
A bit of Pluto
#pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics
A bit of Pluto
#pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics
We may not have been able to see yesterday’s total lunar eclipse here in central Europe, but I’ll take tonight’s Moon as a compensation 🌝
Good night everyone & remember that we are all just ephemeral refugees from the same cosmic recycling bin ✨🗑️
A bit of Pluto
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Could the universe ever stop expanding? New theory proposes a cosmic ‘off switch’ | Live Science…
Dark energy, the mysterious phenomenon that powers the expansion of the universe, may undergo periodic 'violent transitions' that reverse the growth of the #cosmos... #darkenergy #astronomy #cosmology
A bit of Pluto
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A bit of Pluto
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SH2-229 ou IC405 est une #nébuleuse dans la constellation du #cocher capturée par Guillaume avec sa lunette ST 125mm monture NEQ6 et traitée sous #pixinsight
Au total, plus de 20h de pose
#astronomy #astronomie #astrophotography #astrophotographie #astrodon #nebula #auriga
Au total, plus de 20h de pose
#astronomy #astronomie #astrophotography #astrophotographie #astrodon #nebula #auriga
A bit of Pluto
#pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics
Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli, born OTD in 1835, wrote of channels he observed on Mars, which was mistranslated into English as "canals" and led to speculation of intelligent life on Mars https://toilet-guru.com/blog/36.html?s=mb #astronomy #history
"Planet Definitions" by XKCD comic (mirror bots @xkcd @xkcdbot ) - All the definitions of a planet, whether they've earned representation or not. https://xkcd.com/3063/ #astronomy #planetary #asteroid #geology #oops #WTF #humor
![XKCD comic #3063 "Planet Definitions" https://xkcd.com/3063/
explanation from ExplainXKCD https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3063:_Planet_Definitions
transcript truncated to fit alt-text limit:
[A table with 3 columns, labelled "Definition", "# of planets", and "Solar system". The last row is a drawing of the Solar system, with elements included in the definition of the row colored in green]
Traditionalist: Pluto is a planet
Modern: Pluto is not a planet
Expansive: Dwarf planets are planets
Ultratraditionalist: Only the classical planets are planets
Condescending: Only giant planets are planets; the rest are big asteroids.
Simplistic: Anything gravitationally round is a planet
Grounded: Only objects a spaceship has landed on are planets
Regolithic: Anything covered in dirt and ice and stuff is a planet
Lunar: You can't be a planet if you don't have a moon
Solipsitic: Earth is the only planet
Judgemental: Only the prettiest ones are planets
Empiricist: Only worlds that I, author of this table, have personally seen are planets
Marine biologist: Only objects with oceans are planets
Maritime: Only objects with surface oceans are planets
Universalist: They're all planets
Existantialist: What is space itself is a planet???
Spiteful: Only Pluto is a planet
title/mouseover text: Under the 'has cleared its orbital neighborhood' and 'fuses hydrogen into helium' definitions, thanks to human activities Earth technically no longer qualifies as a planet but DOES count as a star.](/proxy/post_attachment/1593643/18246008a6.png "XKCD comic #3063 \"Planet Definitions\" https://xkcd.com/3063/
explanation from ExplainXKCD https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3063:_Planet_Definitions
transcript truncated to fit alt-text limit:
[A table with 3 columns, labelled \"Definition\", \"# of planets\", and \"Solar system\". The last row is a drawing of the Solar system, with elements included in the definition of the row colored in green]
Traditionalist: Pluto is a planet
Modern: Pluto is not a planet
Expansive: Dwarf planets are planets
Ultratraditionalist: Only the classical planets are planets
Condescending: Only giant planets are planets; the rest are big asteroids.
Simplistic: Anything gravitationally round is a planet
Grounded: Only objects a spaceship has landed on are planets
Regolithic: Anything covered in dirt and ice and stuff is a planet
Lunar: You can't be a planet if you don't have a moon
Solipsitic: Earth is the only planet
Judgemental: Only the prettiest ones are planets
Empiricist: Only worlds that I, author of this table, have personally seen are planets
Marine biologist: Only objects with oceans are planets
Maritime: Only objects with surface oceans are planets
Universalist: They're all planets
Existantialist: What is space itself is a planet???
Spiteful: Only Pluto is a planet
title/mouseover text: Under the 'has cleared its orbital neighborhood' and 'fuses hydrogen into helium' definitions, thanks to human activities Earth technically no longer qualifies as a planet but DOES count as a star.")
A bit of Pluto
#pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics
A bit of Pluto
#pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics
Where are we with the construction of our Extremely Large Telescope (ELT)?
This video takes you on a drone flight over the site in #Chile. We recommend full screen and volume up!
➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3GJbCasyOo
To account for some delays, we've updated the ELT schedule, which now has the following main milestones 👇
🗓️ Telescope first light (first test observations) expected in March 2029
🗓️ Instruments installed and commissioned over the course of 2029 and 2030
🗓️ Scientific first light (first observations with scientific instruments) expected in December 2030
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann25001/
📹 CIMOLAI/S. Petkovic. Music: Jon Kennedy – Toy Soldiers
A bit of Pluto
#pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics
A bit of Pluto
#pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics
A bit of Pluto
#pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics
The eclipse doesn't officially start for another hour or so, but here's the moon, if anyone is wondering what it looks like right now lol
