Space Contents Archive

Washington Post needed a whole article to answer this

Amazingly, the article was more than one sentence long.

Space Shuttle Endeavour Rising Through the Clouds [2502x2305]

Orion Nebula with a small cheap telescope

We're taking up space at #SXSW. On March 14, join us for the reveal of a new @NASAWebb image during a live broadcast with mission experts. In Austin? Follow @NASAExhibit to find out more about our panels and local meetups. In-person and online details: https://t.co/qsrAn4GxNn https://t.co/Wux2aGD589

Scientists watched as a three-quasar system merged in a supercomputer simulation of the universe to birth a black hole 300 billion times as massive as the sun. https://t.co/Rq3p68V987 https://t.co/yuDnnbOvIy

The trifecta of early spaceflight: Mercury astronaut Wally Schirra was the only person to fly in all three of the early US crewed spaceflight programs—Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. He was born on this day in 1923. https://t.co/wlPFfKuOa4

The Rosette Nebula, taken from my backyard.

This is a fine week to look for the zodiacal light, now that the evening sky is moonless and the ecliptic is tilting high upward from the western horizon. From a dark site, look west at the very end of twilight for a vague but huge pyramid of pearly light. https://t.co/J4xzJ9KAuU https://t.co/PyyxruadxU

Today Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President of the @EU_Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age, visited @almaobs to learn about its international nature and how ESO Member States contribute to ALMA’s success and scientific goals. 🔗 https://t.co/3UfdBk2Zxe https://t.co/jEefw6QPzt

Caught Uranus with Samsung S22

M81 Bode Galaxy & M82 Cigar Galaxy

Does our galaxy rotate

Please be kind, I'm an average layman. Our Moon rotates around our Sun. Our Sun rotates around Sagittarius A*. Does our Galaxy rotate around something beyond our imagination? If so, are we even more insignificant than we thought?

Is it possible for a second earth to exist?

So assuming that the universe is infinite, that would mean that infinite possibilities are possible within it, so that would that mean that a planet with the exact same mass as earth and the exact same topography and exact same layout as earth, along with chemical composition and atmospheric conditions could exist? Right? I'm just confused with the possibilities of an infinite universe and a little bit drunk to be honest.

Green Asteroid Over Texas Hill Country, March 10th

Sirius (enhanced) with a cheap old telescope