The California Nebula, NGC 1499 // Alex Weinstein

The four giant planets of our Solar System, as seen by NASA's James Webb Telescope.

Whirlpool Galaxy M51a was the very first galaxy classified as a spiral galaxy.

NGC 5189

NGC 5189 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Musca. It was discovered by James Dunlop on 1 July 1826, who catalogued it as Δ252. For many years, well into the 1960s, it was thought to be a bright emission nebula. It was Karl Gordon Henize in 1967 who first described NGC 5189 as quasi-planetary based on its spectral emissions

Saturn has a mysterious hexagon at its north pole that has refused to give up its secrets, probably because neither Voyager 1 nor Cassini was able to plunge that deep and survive. Harvard scientists Rakesh Yadav and Jeremy Bloxham might have finally started to figure out what causes this peculiar feature. They believe that vortexes occur at the planet’s north pole because of atmospheric flows deep within the gas giant, and that these vortexes pinch an intense horizontal jet near the equator—which is what warps the storm into a hexagon. It still looks unnatural though.....!!!

The photos that NASAHubble & NASAWebb took of The Pillars of Creation inspired me deeply. I had to draw what I saw in the formation: A hand reaching into the universe. What an accomplishment for humankind and what a symbol for exploration and knowledge. Credit 2nd image: NASA

Eruption of Tvashtar volcano on Jupiter's moon Io (March 1, 2007)

“Drifting” by | André Brandt

Perihelion to Aphelion

Credits: Richard Jaworski

Glorious Neptune, observed by Voyager 2 on August 24, 1989.

(NASA/Kevin Gill)