Introducing over 11,000 new members of the Solar System...and our main survey hasn't quite started yet! ☄️ Using pre-survey observations from 2025, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory scientists have reported more than 11,000 new asteroids and comets! 🔭🧪 🔗: rubinobservatory.org/news/11000-n...

🚀Artemis 4/1/2026 - 6:35pm ET Edited Version of flame closeup. What appears to be a remote camera at the launch pad was taken with an 800mm Prime with 1.4TC, 3.9 miles (6.2 km) from the launch pad. By Chuck Briggs for SpaceflightNow x.com/CandJImages/...

''Artemis II astronauts are doing great. Orion performing well in an impressive elliptical orbit,& NASA Mission Control team is taking good care of the crew. Meanwhile, back at Kennedy, teams are out at pad getting ready for what comes next.'' NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman x.com/NASAAdmin/st...

Artemis ll launch from Kennedy Space Center seen from an United Airlines flight Credit to ksmathandmore www.instagram.com/p/DWnO3IgjUrv/

''Our crew on the Space Station stayed up to watch the launch of our friends on their historic mission to the Moon. We were over the Northern Pacific Ocean at the time of launch, so we couldn’t see it directly(we watched it on NASA TV).'' 📸Chris Williams x.com/Astro_ChrisW...

A snapshot taken at 04:22:24 UTC shows Orion and ICPS, as well as what appear to be the deployed international CubeSats

HiPOD: A Wall of Layered Deposits Context Camera image data shows layred deposits within the spurs of the wall here, as well as at the top of the slope. It will be interesting to see the orientations of these layers in high resolution. https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_076832_1730 #Mars #science

From live, for now at 3:19:20 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rwf...

From its angled view, GOES-18 also captured the historic launch of Artemis II.

A satellite view that tracks the rocket a bit longer - the water vapor imagery. Pew pew! All imagery found via CIRA/NOAA: slider.cira.colostate.edu.

Last one: AT 2021afy in UGC 10043 with #JWST MIRI www.wis-tns.org/object/2021afy

AT 2020jev in NGC 3003 with JWST MIRI www.wis-tns.org/object/2020jev

AT 2018hso in NGC 3729 with #JWST MIRI www.wis-tns.org/object/2018hso

AT 2020kog in NGC 6106 with #JWST MIRI www.wis-tns.org/object/2020kog

AT 2022ckk in NGC 3938 with #JWST MIRI www.wis-tns.org/object/2022ckk

AT 2023uhx in NGC 3893 with #JWST MIRI www.wis-tns.org/object/2023uhx

JWST MIRI program 7040 did observe a bunch of Luminous Red Novea in nearby galaxies. All of them released on the same day. Today, on this day.

Small part of an outflow in the Serpens Main (see wikipedia Serpens–Aquila Rift en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpens...) with #JWST NIRCam (F212N, F323N, F470N) program: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...

The galactic center of our galaxy with #JWST MIRI (mostly program 3571 with a small area of program 2491) #astronomy #blackhole #galacticcenter 🔭🧪 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ga...

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HiPOD: In the Maze of the Martian South Pole This observation comes to us via our public targeting tool HiWish: “We aim to acquire late summer images of carbon dioxide pits to quantify pit growth in the Martian year following a regional dust storm.” uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_07... #Mars #NASA

1/2🧵 🔭🧪 2732 NGC7320 Stephan's Quintet #FWST ⛏️ Digging in the archives 2022-06-12 PI: Klaus Pontoppidan Credit: #NASA/ #ESA/ #CSA/ #STScI/ Jackie Branc #Webb #StephansQuintet #NGC7320

Sneak preview 👀 More of our #JWST data are going public tomorrow, for the galactic star-forming region Sharpless 305 & nearby massive protostar RAFGL5232. Work in progress, as the data are rather problematic 😬 But as others will be quick to post images, here's our snapshot first 😉 #Astronomy

This is comet ISON, captured with the TRAPPIST–South telescope in 2013. ISON reached its closest approach to the Sun in November that year. As it zoomed toward our star, it experienced outbursts which doubled the amount of gas it emitted. https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1346a/ 🔭

Earth from Artemis II (160× Speed) Source and live www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rwf... video www.reddit.com/r/spaceporn/...

🚀Artemis II 📸John Kraus x.com/johnkrauspho...

Fun fact: the solar wings are used as selfie-sticks. 🤳 Several cameras installed on the wings will take amazing pictures of the spacecraft from different angles.

⚡ 📸 Apollo Lasky March 30, 2026, ​Naperville, il spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload...

Precision flying in space 🎯 The Artemis II crew are currently demonstrating proximity operations using our European Service Module engines 🚀 The techniques demonstrated will support future Artemis flights 🌕

#Artemis II update: Orion has separated from the rocket's upper stage 🚀 Our European Service Module is in the driving seat!

Artemis II launch. 1.4.26 📸 Andrew McCarthy x.com/AJamesMcCart...

A nice eruption was just observed in the northwest quadrant in the vicinity of AR 4403. Full update via SolarHam.com

🚀 Beautiful GOES 19 East, GeoColor col.st/1dh5a

🔴 LIVE NOW: the first launch opportunity for #Artemis II and Orion, powered by its European Service Module, is tonight 23:24 BST/00:24 CEST 2 April. 📺 Live on watch.esa.int/Two/ @exploration.esa.int

NGC 2020 is HII Region surrounding Wolf-Rayet ⭐BAT99-59. Located in LMC. NGC 2020 has been created by solitary mammoth star 200,000 times brighter than☀️. Blue gas was ejected by⭐through series of eruptive events during which it lost part of its outer envelope of material Processed:John Bozeman

A view of Earth from Artemis II. If you can see your region, then you might be able to spot Artemis II with a telescope or binoculars. #astro 🔭

Solar Synoptic Map 4401, 4402, and 4399 in the west are quiet and tending toward decay 4403 is continuously ejecting filament material northward near the surface 4407, 4404, 4406 are showing no clear development trend but have accumulated many filaments… 1/3 - continue in the comments section

The Canary Islands enveloped in dust as waves and vortices swirl off of them. A fascinating, complex view.

An 800+ mile long haboob sweeping across northwest Africa. My oh my...

HiPOD: Buried by Sediments This observation shows a possible 1-kilometer crater buried by candidate lake sediments near the deepest point. This image can help to constrain lake timing and lifetime if the sediments can be confirmed as lake sediments. https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_076823_1475

top-down detail shots of lava flows recorded using DJI Mavic 3 Pro’s 7x telephoto lens jvn.pho:"By hovering above it & looking straight down, u remove all sense of depth & it also allows u to see things that are not possible without the help of drone." 📸jvn. photo www.instagram.com/reel/DWeQnMX...

Westerhout 51, or simply W51, is a massive star formation region in the Milky Way galaxy located 17,000 light years from Earth in constellation of Sagittarius. It is one of the most active regions of star formation in the galaxy, forming many O-type stars. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerh...

1600 km

Same region with longer wavelength filters (F335M F360M F405N) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W5...