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This is truly remarkable, the only thing humanity has done really well is communicate that it exists. A message in a bottle to the far reaches of the universe ...... We ourselves are still thrilled by these extraordinary measures and will be for the rest of our lives.
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We could be a civilisation of successful explorers trying to understand the mysteries of the universe, instead we waste our time killing each other with all the resources we can mobilize.
This makes us sad and only shows how little civilisation we really have.
Based on our enthusiasm, we even bought a book with the golden record on Kickstarter. And we still get excited when we look at it.
Both probes are on a mission to explore the vastness of space and go where no man has gone before! Or, as it currently stands, will be.
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Voyager record cover
Astronomical event of the month.Events Of The Month.
• Harvest Moon (Starting of month)
• Mars Very Close to Earth
• Clearly view Andromeda Galaxy
• Blue Moon (End of month)
Galaxy NGC 2768 as seen by Hubble on my birthday.
Check out what Hubble captured on your birthday here – https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/what-did-hubble-see-on-your-birthday
Hubble sees a more holistic view of the Butterfly Nebula or NGC 6302
Hubble was recently retrained on NGC 6302, known as the "Butterfly Nebula," to observe it across a more complete spectrum of light, from near-ultraviolet to near-infrared, helping researchers better understand the mechanics at work in its technicolor "wings" of gas. The "wings" of NGC 6302 are regions of gas heated to more than 36,000 degrees Fahrenheit that are tearing across space at more than 600,000 miles an hour. NGC 6302 lies between 2,500 and 3,800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius.
Annular or the Ring Of Fire solar eclipse is tomorrow
The time of maximum eclipse, when that "ring of fire" event happens, will be at 2:40 a.m. EDT (0640 GMT) Sunday, June 21, when the moon crosses into the center of the sphere of the sun, from Earth's perspective. The eclipse starts at 11:45 p.m. EDT Saturday, June 20 (0345 GMT Sunday) and ends at 5:34 a.m. EDT (1034 GMT) June 20, according to NASA.
Regions in the path of visibility include the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia, the Red Sea, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, the Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India, China, Taiwan, the Philippine Sea (south of Guam), northern Australia and the north Pacific Ocean.
Picture description : An annular solar eclipse as seen by Japan's Hinode spacecraft on May, 20, 2012.
The Horsehead Nebula in Infrared from Hubble
Fittingly named the Horsehead Nebula, it is embedded in the vast and complex Orion Nebula (M42). A potentially rewarding but difficult object to view personally with a small telescope, the above gorgeously detailed image was taken in 2013 in infrared light by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope in honor of the 23rd anniversary of Hubble's launch. The dark molecular cloud, roughly 1,500 light years distant, is cataloged as Barnard 33 and is seen above primarily because it is backlit by the nearby massive star Sigma Orionis . (Text adapted from APOD.NASA.GOV)
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Mercury in color
Photo Credit : NASA
IC 1805 – The Heart Nebula, taken on September the 11th, 2019
Image Credit & Copyright : Bray Falls
The Lonely Neutron Star In Supernova Remnant E0102-72.3 (the blue dot at bottom left) blue represents X-Ray light captured by NASA'S Chandra observatory, while the red & green represent optical light captured by ESO'S telescope in Chile and NASA'S Hubble in orbit. (Text adapted from apod.nasa.gov)
Credit : X-Ray — Chandra Observatory & Optical light — ESO / HUBBLE
The Pillars of Creation at the centre of M16 or the Eagle Nebula
Credits: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Happy eighth anniversary, rover Curiosity !
Picture Description: NASA's Curiosity rover took this selfie on Oct. 11, 2019, the 2,553rd Martian day, or sol, of its mission.
The rover drilled twice in this location, nicknamed "Glen Etive" (pronounced "glen EH-tiv"). About 984 feet (300 meters) behind the rover, Vera Rubin Ridge rises up. Behind it lies the floor of Gale Crater, which Curiosity is exploring, and the northern rim of the crater. (Text adapted from nasa.gov)
Credits: NASA
Mars as seen from Hubble, snapped on April 27th through May 6th, 1999.
Image Credit : NASA COMMONS
True colour (left) and false colour views of Uranus from Voyager 2 taken on 17th of January, 1986 from a distance of 5.7 million miles.
Credits : NASA
What would you take to the Moon with you?
hubble birthday image
this is mine, look pretty cool lmao :v