"Cosmic Tornado" or HH 49/50 captured by the James Webb Telescope

Earth "rising" into view beyond the Moon's horizon captured by John Young from lunar orbit while inside the LM "Snoopy" during Apollo 10 on May 22, 1969. Crop and color edit of NASA photo # AS10-27-3887

A massive "firehose" of molten lava shooting out of a sea cliff at Kamokuna ocean entry on the southeast side of Hawaiʻi Island, creating an awe-inspiring spectacle as it cascades into the Pacific Ocean and explodes upon impact.

The marvellous Elephant Trunk Nebula: a dense, elongated cloud of gas inside a bright cluster of stars also known as IC 1396. The trunk conceals young protostars that are in the process of forming. (Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and WIYN/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

It's easy to forget that the area around the moon is nowhere close to empty... just much fainter.

On this day in 1998, sister NASA Voyager 1 turned off her Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer and Radiometer (IRIS) to save power.

The first American spacewalk. 💪 60 years ago, Edward H. White II ventured outside his spacecraft attached by a 25 foot umbilical line and a 23 foot tether line, both wrapped in gold tape to form one cord. He carried a Hand Held Self Maneuvering Unit to move in the weightless

🌙 2 days away. With just 48 hours to go until landing, daily check-ins with RESILIENCE continue alongside final preparations. During the descent phase, the lander will automatically fire its main propulsion system to gradually decelerate and adjust its attitude, with the goal

If there's a gap in my tracks, you know what may have done it 🌪️ I snapped this image with my rear-facing Navcam after completing a recent drive. I'm still exploring Jezero Crater's rim, which I climbed out of several months ago on my quest to find signs of past microbial life.

Fly me to the Moon 🎵🌝 RESILIENCE status: nominal Distance above the Lunar surface: ca. 100 km Current orbital phase: Low lunar orbit, traveling at ca. 5,800 km/h RESILIENCE remains in a circular orbit as landing day approaches. This video was captured from lunar orbit by

Stunning: Outters 4, a bipolar nebula (seen in blue) embedded in the giant HII emission nebula Sh2-129 (seen in red). Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus is the oldest manuscript written in algebra and trigonometry, dating back to 3,550 years ago. It shows that the Egyptians used first-order equations, geometric series and a second-order algebraic equation, related to the Pythagorean theorem a² + b²

Rainbows are actually full circles, typically visible from higher vantage points, such as planes or tall buildings. 📽: Fabricio Maciel

Interesting fact: Titan is the only place in the solar system, other than Earth, that has lakes and oceans on its surface.

My next big cosmic photo project which I'll release in print will feature the sun... I think you'll like it. Here's a detailed photo I captured of the solar chromosphere last year. It looks like the sun is trying to spell something.

Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus

This is Mars! 140 million miles away from us!

A photo captured just a moment ago from a telescope I got second hand for $500, from my light-polluted backyard If I want to see what's to the left of this, I slew my telescope to the left and look (I'll show you what's there in the reply to this) Space is absurdly accessible.

2025 STEMKAMP at Derby Public Schools. One of the three hands-on activities they worked on was creating polymer "gummie worms" be combining two chemical mixtures. STEMKAMP

Day 3 of the 2025 STEMKAMP in Derby Public Schools