Stingray Nebula

first ᵏⁱᵗᵗʸ in outer space ♡

Cosmic Keyhole" (NGC 1999) Scientists first believed that the conspicuous hole in the center of this nebula was a Bok globule - a dense, cold cloud of gas and dust that blocks out background light. But later observations suggest that the dark patch is actually an empty void in space

The Milky Way Map

Map of the Milky Way Galaxy with the constellations that cross the galactic plane in each direction and the known most prominent components annotated including main arms, spurs, bar, nucleus/bulge, and notable nebulae.

Hubble Telescopes best images ever taken!

NASA spacewalker Michael Hopkins

iss064e027386 (Jan. 27, 2021) --- NASA spacewalker and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins works to ready the International Space station's port-side truss structure for future solar array upgrades.

NASA Johnson on Flickr

Here's a rare mind blowing moment in the astronomy world. Clearest images ever taken of Equatorial Ridge on Saturn's moon 'Iapetus'.

Scientists believe they've found evidence of what was once an ocean on Mars. Check out the shoreline on mars!

"Insertion of astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. (foreground) and Thomas P. Stafford into Gemini-6A spacecraft prior to launch."

Date: December 15, 1965

NASA ID: S65-66744

Hilariously funny that the guy known for wandering off without warning to look at birds was allowed to do this