Secrets of Space

Layers of planets in the solar system Secrets of Space 🔭

According to Cassia St. Clair, author of The Secret Life of Color, a team of astronomers from Johns Hopkins University surveyed more than 200,000 galaxies and found that the average color of the universe is a shade of beige. Secrets of Space 🔭

The dimensions of the rovers are clear From left to right: Sojurner, Spirit / Opportunity, Steve, and Curiosity. Secrets of Space 🔭

The globular cluster NGC 2005 in Hubble's traditional image of the week 🛰 It is located approximately 750 light-years from the center of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The stars in NGC 2005 have a chemical composition that differs from that of the LMC stars. Secrets of Space 🔭

Two beautiful nebulae in the constellation Sagittarius: NGC 6523 (Lagoon) and NGC6559. Data was collected over several nights in August and September. Secrets of Space 🔭

In 2020, 1,263 spacecraft were launched into orbit 🛰 Of these, 1218 were withdrawn by launch vehicles. Another 45 were launched from the ISS or separated from other spacecraft. 18 were lost in accidents. According to experts, the final figure is an absolute record for all the years of the space age. Compared to the previous year, the growth is 2.2 times. Secrets of Space 🔭

Wolfe Creek is a well-preserved impact crater in Australia 🏜 Formed from the fall of an iron meteorite weighing about 5,000 tons about 300,000 years ago. The diameter of the crater is 880 meters and the depth is almost 60 meters. Secrets of Space 🔭

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and also the largest planet in the Solar System 🪐 Jupiter makes a complete rotation in just 10 hours. This is the reason that it creates powerful jet streams that separate its clouds into separate stripes. Secrets of Space 🔭

Saturn's rings are more than 280,000 km wide, but their thickness is practically less than 1 km. A snapshot of the Cassini probe Secrets of Space 🔭

Snapshot of Mars from the Arab mission Al-Amal 📸 Secrets of Space 🔭

Avalanche on Mars Sometimes the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter uses the HiRISE camera to capture the amazing phenomena taking place on the red planet. In this case, the photo was able to capture the avalanche. The height of the formed dust cloud exceeds 50 meters, and the height of the cliff on the left is about 600 meters. It can be seen that the cliff is covered with ice, which consists of frozen carbon dioxide (the so-called "dry ice"). With the onset of spring on Mars, part of the dry ice evaporates, cavities are formed, which, probably, contribute to the avalanche. Secrets of Space 🔭

A few more fresh detailed shots of Ganymede from the Juno apparatus 🛰 Secrets of Space 🔭

Massive stars spend their short lives burning nuclear fuel violently. In fusion reactions taking place at extreme temperatures and pressures in the cores of stars, heavier elements such as hydrogen and helium are formed from the nuclei of light elements - carbon, oxygen, and so on, in a sequence that ends in iron. A supernova explosion - the inevitable and spectacular demise of a massive star - throws matter enriched with heavy elements into space, from which new stars, planets and people are formed! Secrets of Space 🔭

NASA sent mice into space and the results are unintentionally hilarious. Secrets of Space 🔭

Solar coronal mass ejection 🔥 Secrets of Space 🔭

The moon is turned to us on one side because in one complete revolution around the Earth it makes one revolution around its axis. Most of the satellites in the solar system are also synchronized. Secrets of Space 🔭

An astronaut, outside the ISS, moves at a speed of 27.366 km / h. Secrets of Space 🔭

An astronaut, outside the ISS, moves at a speed of 27.366 km / h. Secrets of Space 🔭

Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxy (speck on the left). Secrets of Space 🔭

Visualizing lightning on Earth All lightning was recorded by meteorologists in August-September last year. Secrets of Space 🔭