Awesome Space Photos

[ToroidalBoat]

That one planet with bagels, seen from Apollo 11:


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[Otterly]

The pulsar rotates every 33 milliseconds

I cannot wrap my mind round this. Real Lathe Of God stuff

 

[Secret Boots]

The Wolf-Rayet star WR-102 accompanied by its nebula.

Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars are typically the residual cores of massive stars that had expelled their outer layers when they turned degenerate. They are very hot, extremely luminous, and have minuscule lifespans. In comparison to the Sun, WR-102 is--roughly--sixteen times more massive, half the radius, 380,000 times more luminous, four times as hot, and will have a lifespan only one ten-thousanth that of the Sun. These stars also have a greater presence of heavy elements such as helium, oxygen, or carbon that contribute to their extreme properties.

 

[Secret Boots]

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Messier 42, the Orion Nebula by Hubble

Huge 18,000x18,000 version on WIkipedia

NGC 1300 by Hubble

Spoiler: Anime

Creibis does a very good job at turning the planets into anime girls, and does so in a family-friendly manner. Which, for internet artists, is rare.

 

[Secret Boots]

Due to the Artemis II mission this month's necro comes early.

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Various pictures of Earth taken from the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II mission.

 

[Secret Boots]

More images from Artemis II

 

[Secret Boots]

Crosspost - Artemis II chutes and splashdown

Publicar en el tema 'The Space Thread'

10 de Abr, 2026

Drogue chutes deployed
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Main chutes deployed
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IR camera view showing Integrity is still hot af
ScreenRecording_04-10-2026 19-07-38_1.mov
Splashdown
ScreenRecording_04-10-2026 19-08-09_1.mov

• MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti

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[No-Eyed Square Guy]

The only space photo I will ever love is Voyager's featureless Uranus:


It's wrong in a way, but it's true.

 

[Fishnumm]

The only space photo I will ever love is Voyager's featureless Uranus:

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It's wrong in a way, but it's true.

lol uranus

 

[el_4aba7]

I like this pic from vera rubin very much

 

[Secret Boots]

Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex

 

[Secret Boots]

4th of July special: North America nebula

 

[Secret Boots]

Messier 77, in JWST's mid-infrared (MIRI) view. The supermassive black hole in the center packs particles into a tight orbit which then collide with each other, releasing an enormous amount of radiation. The beams shooting out from the center are diffraction spikes, a byproduct of the telescope itself, but I think they make the picture look cooler.