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Meet the 17-year-old wonder kid who started coding at 7 and presented her app to Tim Cook last year. Now she's headed to NASA.

Crescent Nebula in Cygnus

The Crescent Nebula - NGC 6888

How does NASA justify its funding?

Just bumped into an article that mentioned, NASA received $32 billion this year from congress. Seeing the figure got me curious. How do we convince congress to pour in billions of dollars? I mean space exploration, the search for extra terrestrial life forms or other habitable planets seems cool and all but these missions aren’t cheap, so what tangible value do the missions provide to justify the funding?

Best telescope for beginner to see deep space / take photos?

Willing to spend a bit of money to get the right one the first time. I want to see deep sky, not just our moon. I also would love to take pictures of them. I know barely anything about telescopes. I’d you can’t recommend one, please share best places to look / learn about what I need. Thanks!

Our Massive Universe...

Ariane 5 - Me, Oil on paper, 2023

Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps

Last nights Milky Way over Germany

I took 10 photos at ISO 1000 and 13 sec exposure of the Milky Way with my Sony Alpha A6400 and Samyang 12mm f2.0 lens. Then i stacked them with sequator and edited the result with Darktable for PC and Lightroom App for Android. Im grateful for every tip you can give me.

Is it time to cancel the Boeing Starliner?

Last nights Milky Way over Germany

I took 10 photos at ISO 1000 and 13 sec exposure of the Milky Way with my Sony Alpha A6400 and Samyang 12mm f2.0 lens. Then i stacked them with sequator and edited the result with Darktable for PC and Lightroom App for Android. Im grateful for every tip someone can give.

Planetary Sci Job Reqs

Was wondering if you NEED a PhD to work in this field? In general. I’ve seen some internships where you just need a Masters…

I Made a Video about Exoplanets!

I recently launched a YouTube Channel for Science and Maths and one of the cool videos I have made is one on the modern methods astronomers use to find Exoplanets and Earth-Like Exoplanets. If you are interested in the video, I have linked it here: ​ I would appreciate it if you give it a watch: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FifFY6J7n-A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FifFY6J7n-A)

Will this sub be joining the great blackout?

Well? https://www.reddit.com/r/Astronomy/comments/146tvnm/dont_let_reddit_kill_3rd_party_apps

SpaceX Starship Heavy rocket MUST WATCH EVERYONE

MUST WATCH EVERYONE THIS VIDEO