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Some favorites from 2024

The first photo of the Andromeda galaxy was taken by astronomer Isaac Roberts #OTD in 1888. The image, captured with his 20" reflector, revealed a clear spiral structure. But scientists at the time thought M31 was a nebula, a gas cloud in our galaxy. 🧪 🔭 Image: Isaac Roberts

Two massive galaxies merging in a spectacular collision, located 50 million light-years from Earth! (Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team, STScI/AURA)

everyone had this image as their background at some point

Cette image semble tout droit sortie d'un film de science fiction... La sonde Cassini a immortalisé les lunes Rhea et Epimetheus de Saturne (qui en possède plus de 60) devant la géante aux anneaux. Ces lunes font respectivement 1528 et 113km de diamètre. (©NASA/JPL/Urgaković)