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ESOThe lasers our Very Large Telescope (VLT) pierce the Milky Way… but what is that vertical glow just below? 🤔That’s the zodiacal light: caused by dust grains in the Solar System, it's so faint that it’s only visible in the darkest skies, such as those of Chile’s Atacama Desert. And the pristine night sky 🌌 in this region has always been intertwined with the culture and traditions of its indigenous people, discover how: <a href="https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2511a/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2511a/</a>📷 F. Millour/ESO<a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophysics</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a>

Wonder of ScienceFlying over the line between day and night in the International Space Station.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nasa</a>

Andrea Luck9/9 Martian Potato1 🧵Eighth Frame Full size & info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2pHBL86" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/p/2pHBL86</a> Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BYMission: ESA Mars Express Orbit 7982 Instrument: HRSC Time: 2010-03-26T12:18:52.587Z Filter: ND Product IDs: H7982_0000_ND3.IMGNotes: all images above are colorised and are a single shot, not a composite. More info on the related links.<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phobos</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mars</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solarocks</a>

Andrea Luck8/9 Martian Potato1 🧵Seventh Frame Full size & info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2q7SEgp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/p/2q7SEgp</a> Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BYMission: ESA Mars Express Orbit 12173 Instrument: HRSC Target: Phobos Time: 2013-07-29T13:09:55.255Z Filter: IR Product IDs: HC173_0000_IR3<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phobos</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mars</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solarocks</a>

Andrea Luck7/9 Martian Potato1 🧵Sixth Frame Full size & info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2oR4NZZ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/p/2oR4NZZ</a> Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BYMission: ESA Mars Express Orbit 22631 Instrument: HRSC Time: 2021-11-29 T15:33:44.434Z Product IDs: HM631_0000_GR3<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phobos</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mars</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solarocks</a>

Andrea Luck6/9 Martian Potato1 🧵Fifth Frame (never published before and probably the best resolution of Phobos of this serie) Full size & info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2qQWKph" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/p/2qQWKph</a> Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BYMission: ESA Mars Express HRSC Time: 2021-11-22 22:51 Product IDs: HM608_0000_BL3 HM608_0000_ND3<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phobos</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mars</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solarocks</a>

Andrea Luck5/9 Martian Potato1 🧵Fourth Frame Full size & info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2omtfWS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/p/2omtfWS</a> Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BYMission: ESA Mars Express Orbit 11143 Instrument: HRSC Time: 2012-10-02T15:05:22 Product IDs: HB143_0000_BL3<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phobos</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mars</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solarocks</a>

Andrea Luck4/9 Martian Potato1 🧵Third Frame Full size & info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2qQPJHk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/p/2qQPJHk</a> Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BYMission: ESA Mars Express Orbit: 13225 Instrument: HRSC Time: 2014-05-31T20:14:40.405Z Filter: GR3 Product IDs: HD225_0000_GR3.IMG<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phobos</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mars</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solarocks</a>

Andrea Luck3/9 Martian Potato1 🧵Second Frame Full size & info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2o6gABn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/p/2o6gABn</a> Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BYMission: ESA Mars Express Orbit 21552 Instrument: HRSC Time: 2021-01-19 - 16:47 Product ID: HL552_0000_BL3 <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phobos</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mars</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solarocks</a>

Andrea Luck2/9 Martian Potato1 🧵First Frame Full size & info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2qJrbGD" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/p/2qJrbGD</a> Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BYMission: ESA Mars Express Orbit: 3868 Instrument: HRSC Time: 2007-01-10T20:50:06.626 Filter: S13 Product IDs: H3868_0000_S13.IMG<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phobos</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mars</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solarocks</a>

Andrea Luck1/9 Martian Potato1 🧵Animation of Phobos Over Mars: a time lapse from 2007 to 2021Full size & info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2qREua9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/p/2qREua9</a> Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY8 frames, captured by ESA Mars Express. It's stabilized on Phobos (Todd crater) to play with the disorienting effect.All images below ⬇️Check out also my Album about Phobos on Flickr: <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvrQL" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvrQL</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phobos</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mars</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solarocks</a>

Martin Rundkvist“In everyone’s pocket right now is a computer far more powerful than the one we flew on Voyager. I don’t mean your cell phone — I mean the key fob that unlocks your car.”— Rich Terrile, JPL scientist and member of the Voyager imaging team<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a>

MelHat noch wer heute Abend im Raum <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oldenburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oldenburg</a> oder sogar in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Norddeutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Norddeutschland</a> dieses Phänomen am <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Himmel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Himmel</a> gesehen? Sah aus wie ein <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Komet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Komet</a>, bewegte sich west-/nordwestlicher Richtung aber langsam gen Horizont. Ist da irgendwas verglüht, wenn ja, was? Konnte bisher keine Infos dazu finden. Gerne boosten. 😊👍🏼<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthGermany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthGermany</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#comet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#satellite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meteroid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meteroid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meteor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meteor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Satellit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Satellit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asteroid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroids</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weltraumschrott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Weltraumschrott</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spaceexploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spaceexploration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomie</a>

PomarančBehold! This is what a lunar eclipse looks like... from the surface of the Moon. That dark circle is Earth. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander took this image last night.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a>

Corey S PowellHere it is: The first clear image of an eclipse of the Sun by the Earth, taken from the surface of the Moon.This is what last night's lunar eclipse looked like from the Blue Ghost lander's perspective on the Moon. Amazing!<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflyspace/54386246629/in/dateposted/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflyspace/54386246629/in/dateposted/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a>

Corey S PowellHere's the other Mars moon -- Phobos, a bit larger and closer, but still not much more than a space potato.The Mars Express orbiter captured Phobos circling over the Martian surface, looking like a rock just hanging out in space. (Which is basically what it is.)<a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230731.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230731.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ESA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a>

Corey S PowellSee that little gray rock?That's Deimos, the mysterious outer moon of Mars, spied yesterday as the Hera spacecraft buzzed by the Red Planet. Little Deimos is just 12km (8 miles) wide.Such a cool shot.<a href="https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_asteroid_mission_spies_Mars_s_Deimos_moon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_asteroid_mission_spies_Mars_s_Deimos_moon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>

Corey S PowellThe "smallest known galaxy" sounds like an oxymoron (akin to the old joke, "jumbo shrimp"). But the discovery of Andromeda XXXV, just one-millionth the size of our Milky Way, offers serious clues about how coherent structures form & survive in a chaotic universe. <a href="https://news.umich.edu/small-faint-and-unexpected-in-a-lot-of-different-ways-u-m-astronomers-make-galactic-discovery/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.umich.edu/small-faint-and-unexpected-in-a-lot-of-different-ways-u-m-astronomers-make-galactic-discovery/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a>

AkaSci 🛰️The largest camera ever built for astrophysics (3200-megapixels, >3000 kg) was installed this week at the Rubin Observatory at Cerro Pachón in Chile.The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) camera, the final major component of the Rubin Observatory's Simonyi Survey Telescope, was transported to the summit in May 2024.After a few more months of testing, first light is expected around 4 Jul 2025.<a href="https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2511/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2511/</a> <a href="https://www.lsst.org/about/project-status" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.lsst.org/about/project-status</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> 1/n

Corey S PowellI loved working on this article:The technology in your cell phone has a hidden connection to the stars. Modern computer chips are made using ultraviolet light from vaporized balls of tin--and those balls closely mirror the physics of supernova explosions! <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/euv-light-source" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://spectrum.ieee.org/euv-light-source</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a>

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