Space Contents Archive

I pointed my telescope to Jupiter for 6 hours! this is the result

Sun coronal rain

This spiral galaxy shines like a jewel – even from about 68 million light-years away from Earth 💎 Using @NASAHubble‘s Wide Field Camera 3, we can peer into the home of this galaxy in the Fornax constellation. Discover more: https://t.co/VNYUQTngWu https://t.co/t0ACXYQtB6

Why are developments into space exploration so slow?

Back in 1969 the world experienced the first moon landing, with the last one being back in 1972. Since then, we have apparently been "incapable" of any true developments. Our fastest spacecrafts still hit around 10 km/s, which is 1:30000th the speed of light, and there hasn't been true exploration ever since (not counting Hubble & co). It seems that currently our biggest achievement is that we are able to launch some billionaires into space... Why are significant developments into space exploration so slow? Is it just money or are we hitting walls from a knowledge perspective? Note: I am aware it will take massive amounts of energy to even get to a fraction of the speed of light, however it has been more than 60 years since we put the first man on the moon, with tremendous technological advancements (e.g. an old pocket calculator is faster than any computer at that time). Thanks!

Close-up of "Strathdon" in Gale Crater, Mars

Managers will be on @NASA TV on Monday discussing a spacewalk taking place on Tuesday with astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Akihiko Hoshide. More... https://t.co/xwOemxIp9E 📺Briefing: Monday 2pm ET 🛰️Spacewalk: 8:30am https://t.co/hiJ3hb4WQS

Amazing Hubble Telescope picture of ~100,000 stars from the ~10 million stars in the globular cluster Omega Centauri.

My first scope!

A cosmic rose just for you[Captured by nasa humble].

On this day in 1963, Joe Walker made his last X-15 flight — and set an altitude record while he was at it. He took the North American X-15 to 354,300 feet (67 miles). He was posthumously awarded astronaunt wings in 2005. https://t.co/EOTUqBiqx1

The Milky Way with a Perseid meteor over the mountains of Vancouver Island [OC]

Wild lens flair I got while capturing Jupiter’s opposition on 8/30/2021

Saturn 8/20/21

[OC] The Moon, Jupiter and Saturn below the Hera Temple at Selinunte, Sicily

Weather was bad but here's my try on Jupiter