Space Station Silhouette On The Moon : What’s That Unusual Spot On The Moon? It’s The International

oh okay. heart steps right out of my chest and falls down the stairs

this is my space centered blog, sharing in case any of you guys like space too :^)

Neptune’s rings in infrared © JWST

Don't talk to me right now I'm thinking of the new Jupiter photos and Vincent Van Gogh:

Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841 : A mere 46 million light-years distant, spiral galaxy NGC 2841 can be found in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. This deep view of the gorgeous island universe was captured during 32 clear nights in November, December 2021 and January 2022. It shows off a striking yellow nucleus, galactic disk, and faint outer regions. Dust lanes, small star-forming regions, and young star clusters are embedded in the patchy, tightly wound spiral arms. In contrast, many other spirals exhibit grand, sweeping arms with large star-forming regions. NGC 2841 has a diameter of over 150,000 light-years, even larger than our own Milky Way. X-ray images suggest that resulting winds and stellar explosions create plumes of hot gas extending into a halo around NGC 2841. via NASA

With NASA announcing their streaming service NASA+ and also announcing it’s going to be free and also ad free, I’d just like to appreciate the lengths they go to make scientific knowledge and exploration as available as they possibly can.

NGC 1365, Heart of the Galaxy

So, this beautiful image from the James Webb telescope:

This is the Cliffs of Creation located in the Carina Nebula, approximately 7,600 lights years away.

We can see individual stars being born, eventually they will heat up enough to burn up their surrounding gases and dust.

This is the full Carina Nebula:

So... Where in this nebula are our beautiful cliffs?

Here:

Previously unseen, the James Webb has highlighted this amazing small bubble.

Edited: previous image I had highlighted the wrong area.

Turquoise Plumes in the Large Magellanic Cloud by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center