Its hot, lower atmosphere shining through the cooler cloud layers above.
You show me Jupiter and I'll show you a planet that wants you dead.
Its hot, lower atmosphere shining through the cooler cloud layers above.
You show me Jupiter and I'll show you a planet that wants you dead.
This is Saturn, with aurorae visible at both poles in this UV image from Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, taken in October 1997 when the planet was 1.3 billion km away.
This is Saturn, with aurorae visible at both poles in this UV image from Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, taken in October 1997 when the planet was 1.3 billion km away.
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Barsa
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Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Barsa
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Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social
Just two gigantic eyes in deep space, staring.
Unblinking.
Just two gigantic eyes in deep space, staring.
Unblinking.
Photographed by Paul Stewart (astrostew.bsky.social) on 14 May 2014, this scene is a composite of three images given the vastly different brightness levels of the Moon and Saturn when viewed from Earth.
At the time, Saturn was 1.625 billion km from Earth.
Photographed by Paul Stewart (astrostew.bsky.social) on 14 May 2014, this scene is a composite of three images given the vastly different brightness levels of the Moon and Saturn when viewed from Earth.
At the time, Saturn was 1.625 billion km from Earth.
And a tiny bright light in the distance... Venus.
And a tiny bright light in the distance... Venus.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
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