Striking Views Of Our Solar System

The stunning Sombrero galaxy (seriously, there should be a blog that’s just photos of the Sombrero galaxy)

Chemical flames.

I'm so glad to see this trend and I look forward to seeing it continue!

Check out our new video to see every NASA astronaut class. Some patterns emerge.

Phase of the moon affects amount of rainfall

Seattle WA (SPX) Jan 31, 2016 When the moon is high in the sky, it creates bulges in the planet’s atmosphere that creates imperceptible changes in the amount of rain that falls below. New University of Washington research to be published in Geophysical Research Letters shows that the lunar forces affect the amount of rain - though very slightly. “As far as I know, this is the first study to convincingly connect t Full article

Mount Rainier shadow casts on the sky at sunrise. It only happens when the sun rises farther to the south and has to be in the exact position to where Rainier blocks the first rays of morning light. (Source)

Four beautiful examples of overlapping/interacting galaxies brought to you by the Hubble Telescope. To view the images in their full resolutions, please open them in a separate tab.

NGC 660, an example of the unusually shaped polar ring galaxies. These galaxies are likely to form their structures following violent interactions with other passing galaxies.

Wow, this is spectacular.

Last night I shot The Leo Triplet. A small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65, M66, and NGC 3628.

Hickson 91 in Piscis Austrinus by Johannes Schedler 

Courtney’s Big Space Book Recommendation Post

Okay, so, hi. It has come to my attention that I have gained a lot - a lot - of followers over the last few weeks due to hype for The Martian. Rad.

So, with that in mind, I’ve decided to put together a bunch of non-fiction space recommendations for y’all. Since an anon asked a few days ago, and I kindof want to do it more justice.

If you are new to me and my blog, you might not be aware that I am a gigantic fucking nerd for human space flight and exploration, and I have a boatload of dumbass blogs about it. So, uh, I’ve read a lot of books. Like, lots.

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