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ESO<p>The lasers our Very Large Telescope (VLT) pierce the Milky Way… but what is that vertical glow just below? 🤔</p><p>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. </p><p>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"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eso.org/public/images/potw2511</span><span class="invisible">a/</span></a></p><p>📷 F. Millour/ESO</p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Wonder of Science<p>Flying over the line between day and night in the International Space Station.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nasa</span></a></p>
Andrea Luck<p>9/9 Martian Potato1 🧵</p><p>Eighth Frame<br>Full size &amp; info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2pHBL86" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flic.kr/p/2pHBL86</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY</p><p>Mission: ESA Mars Express<br>Orbit 7982<br>Instrument: HRSC<br>Time: 2010-03-26T12:18:52.587Z<br>Filter: ND<br>Product IDs:<br>H7982_0000_ND3.IMG</p><p>Notes: all images above are colorised and are a single shot, not a composite. More info on the related links.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phobos</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solarocks</span></a></p>
Andrea Luck<p>8/9 Martian Potato1 🧵</p><p>Seventh Frame<br>Full size &amp; info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2q7SEgp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flic.kr/p/2q7SEgp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY</p><p>Mission: ESA Mars Express<br>Orbit 12173<br>Instrument: HRSC<br>Target: Phobos<br>Time: 2013-07-29T13:09:55.255Z<br>Filter: IR<br>Product IDs: HC173_0000_IR3</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phobos</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solarocks</span></a></p>
Andrea Luck<p>7/9 Martian Potato1 🧵</p><p>Sixth Frame<br>Full size &amp; info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2oR4NZZ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flic.kr/p/2oR4NZZ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY</p><p>Mission: ESA Mars Express<br>Orbit 22631<br>Instrument: HRSC<br>Time: 2021-11-29 T15:33:44.434Z<br>Product IDs:<br>HM631_0000_GR3</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phobos</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solarocks</span></a></p>
Andrea Luck<p>6/9 Martian Potato1 🧵</p><p>Fifth Frame (never published before and probably the best resolution of Phobos of this serie)<br>Full size &amp; info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2qQWKph" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flic.kr/p/2qQWKph</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY</p><p>Mission: ESA Mars Express HRSC<br>Time: 2021-11-22 22:51<br>Product IDs:<br>HM608_0000_BL3<br>HM608_0000_ND3</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phobos</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solarocks</span></a></p>
Andrea Luck<p>5/9 Martian Potato1 🧵</p><p>Fourth Frame<br>Full size &amp; info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2omtfWS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flic.kr/p/2omtfWS</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY</p><p>Mission: ESA Mars Express<br>Orbit 11143<br>Instrument: HRSC<br>Time: 2012-10-02T15:05:22<br>Product IDs:<br>HB143_0000_BL3</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phobos</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solarocks</span></a></p>
Andrea Luck<p>4/9 Martian Potato1 🧵</p><p>Third Frame<br>Full size &amp; info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2qQPJHk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flic.kr/p/2qQPJHk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY</p><p>Mission: ESA Mars Express<br>Orbit: 13225<br>Instrument: HRSC<br>Time: 2014-05-31T20:14:40.405Z<br>Filter: GR3<br>Product IDs: HD225_0000_GR3.IMG</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phobos</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solarocks</span></a></p>
Andrea Luck<p>3/9 Martian Potato1 🧵</p><p>Second Frame<br>Full size &amp; info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2o6gABn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flic.kr/p/2o6gABn</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY</p><p>Mission: ESA Mars Express<br>Orbit 21552<br>Instrument: HRSC<br>Time: 2021-01-19 - 16:47<br>Product ID: HL552_0000_BL3 </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phobos</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solarocks</span></a></p>
Andrea Luck<p>2/9 Martian Potato1 🧵</p><p>First Frame<br>Full size &amp; info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2qJrbGD" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flic.kr/p/2qJrbGD</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY</p><p>Mission: ESA Mars Express<br>Orbit: 3868<br>Instrument: HRSC<br>Time: 2007-01-10T20:50:06.626<br>Filter: S13<br>Product IDs: H3868_0000_S13.IMG</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phobos</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solarocks</span></a></p>
Andrea Luck<p>1/9 Martian Potato1 🧵</p><p>Animation of Phobos Over Mars: a time lapse from 2007 to 2021</p><p>Full size &amp; info: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2qREua9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flic.kr/p/2qREua9</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY</p><p>8 frames, captured by ESA Mars Express. It's stabilized on Phobos (Todd crater) to play with the disorienting effect.</p><p>All images below ⬇️</p><p>Check out also my Album about Phobos on Flickr: <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvrQL" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvrQL</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phobos</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solarocks</span></a></p>
Martin Rundkvist<p>“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.”</p><p>— Rich Terrile, JPL scientist and member of the Voyager imaging team</p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a></p>
Mel<p>Hat noch wer heute Abend im Raum <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oldenburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oldenburg</span></a> oder sogar in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Norddeutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norddeutschland</span></a> dieses Phänomen am <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Himmel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Himmel</span></a> gesehen? Sah aus wie ein <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Komet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Komet</span></a>, bewegte sich west-/nordwestlicher Richtung aber langsam gen Horizont. Ist da irgendwas verglüht, wenn ja, was? Konnte bisher keine Infos dazu finden. </p><p>Gerne boosten. 😊👍🏼</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthGermany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthGermany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meteor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meteor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Satellit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satellit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weltraumschrott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weltraumschrott</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spaceexploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceexploration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomie</span></a></p>
Pomaranč<p>Behold! This is what a lunar eclipse looks like... from the surface of the Moon. That dark circle is Earth. </p><p>Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander took this image last night.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Corey S Powell<p>Here it is: The first clear image of an eclipse of the Sun by the Earth, taken from the surface of the Moon.</p><p>This is what last night's lunar eclipse looked like from the Blue Ghost lander's perspective on the Moon. Amazing!</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflyspace/54386246629/in/dateposted/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/fireflyspace</span><span class="invisible">/54386246629/in/dateposted/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p>
Corey S Powell<p>Here's the other Mars moon -- Phobos, a bit larger and closer, but still not much more than a space potato.</p><p>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.)</p><p><a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230731.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230731.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a></p>
Corey S Powell<p>See that little gray rock?</p><p>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.</p><p>Such a cool shot.</p><p><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"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera</span><span class="invisible">_asteroid_mission_spies_Mars_s_Deimos_moon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Corey S Powell<p>The "smallest known galaxy" sounds like an oxymoron (akin to the old joke, "jumbo shrimp"). </p><p>But the discovery of Andromeda XXXV, just one-millionth the size of our Milky Way, offers serious clues about how coherent structures form &amp; survive in a chaotic universe. </p><p><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"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.umich.edu/small-faint-and</span><span class="invisible">-unexpected-in-a-lot-of-different-ways-u-m-astronomers-make-galactic-discovery/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a></p>
AkaSci 🛰️<p>The largest camera ever built for astrophysics (3200-megapixels, &gt;3000 kg) was installed this week at the Rubin Observatory at Cerro Pachón in Chile.</p><p>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.</p><p>After a few more months of testing, first light is expected around 4 Jul 2025.</p><p><a href="https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2511/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">noirlab.edu/public/news/noirla</span><span class="invisible">b2511/</span></a><br><a href="https://www.lsst.org/about/project-status" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">lsst.org/about/project-status</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a><br>1/n</p>
Corey S Powell<p>I loved working on this article:</p><p>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! </p><p><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/euv-light-source" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spectrum.ieee.org/euv-light-so</span><span class="invisible">urce</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a></p>