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"The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space."

- Carl Sagan

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Hubble captured the upper 2.5 light-years of the Cone Nebula, where UV radiation creates a glowing red halo around eroding gas clouds. 🔴

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"The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space."

- Carl Sagan

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@payroll101 😂

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Floating above Olympus Mons, Mars' cosmic giant and the largest volcano and tallest mountain in the Solar System. 🚀

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If Stephenson 2-18 replaced our Sun, it would swallow everything past the orbit of Saturn. Let that sink in. 🤯☀️

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A train of Starlink satellites cutting through the stars. Always feels a bit sci-fi when you catch it in real time. 🌌

Have you ever seen them pass over? Share your best photos and videos in replies! 🛰️👇

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Star in a Jar. 🌠

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The magnificent Orion Nebula. ✨

📷 Hubble

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A New Horizons view of Pluto. 🛰️🧊

📹 NASA

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@TheHomanQuant @Excellion Right!

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A cosmic flash from 2002 is still echoing today. 🤯

This light echo around V838 Monocerotis occurs as a decades-old burst of starlight travels outward, illuminating never-before-seen cosmic dust in real time. 🌌

📷 NASA/ESA

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Imagine looking up at the Martian sky and seeing two moons racing in completely different directions. Phobos moves so fast it crosses the sky three times a day. 🌌

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Meet 55 Cancri e, a planet twice the size of Earth where the interior is thought to be made of pure diamond and graphite. At these temperatures, the phrase "pressure makes diamonds" is taken to a whole new level. 💎

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Jupiter’s clouds are a masterpiece, but their color is a mystery. Though the ices should be white, sunlight and lightning likely react with organic and sulfur compounds to create these stunning orange and brown swirls. 🌪️🎨

📹 NASA/Juno

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Voyager 1 is 24.7 billion km away after 48 years in space - yet it’s not even one light-day away. A testament to the staggering scale of our universe. 🛰️🌌

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A perfectly framed moment. 😍🌈

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@InfiniteFleet Oh wow!

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Meet Hickson Compact Group 44! These 4 galaxies in Leo are distorting each other through gravity, destined to merge into one mega-galaxy. 🌌

📷 Peter Kennett