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Arp Bot 🤖<p>Kitt Peak image of Arp 26, also known as M101 or the Pinwheel Galaxy.</p><p>This image was taken in 1975 image with the 4-meter Mayall telescope.</p><p>Credit: NOIRLab, NSF, AURA<br>Source: <a href="https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02269/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">noirlab.edu/public/images/noao</span><span class="invisible">-02269/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArpGalaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArpGalaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronony</span></a></p>
꧁ᐊ𰻞ᵕ̣̣̣̣̣̣́́♛ᵕ̣̣̣̣̣̣́́𰻞ᐅ꧂<p>ðe triplex(i^2 = j^2 = -1, i*j = j*i = i) buddhabuld looks surprisingly not bad?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3d</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/fractal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fractal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/mathart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/abstract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abstract</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/buddhabrot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buddhabrot</span></a></p>
𝕎𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕩𝕎𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣<p>A new edit &amp; crop of the M51 Whirlpool Galaxy captured with my <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Vespera2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vespera2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/telescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telescope</span></a> on 28th Feb.<br>This spiral <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a> is 31 million light years away and colliding with the Seyfert 2 galactic nucleus.</p>
Arp Bot 🤖<p>Image of Arp 2, also known as UGC 10310, from the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies by Halton Arp (1966).</p><p>In the original catalog, it was in the category: Spiral galaxies - Low surface brightness. Similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud, UGC 10310 is a barred Magellanic spiral galaxy.</p><p>Source: <a href="https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/Arp1.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Ar</span><span class="invisible">p/Arp1.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArpGalaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArpGalaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronony</span></a></p>
DeFrisselle ☑️<p>'Hidden galaxies' could be smoking gun in universe riddle </p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-hidden-galaxies-gun-universe-riddle.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-04-hidden-g</span><span class="invisible">alaxies-gun-universe-riddle.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galaxy</span></a></p>
Galaxy bot<p>PGC1420456: <a href="https://sga.legacysurvey.org/group/PGC1420456" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sga.legacysurvey.org/group/PGC</span><span class="invisible">1420456</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a></p>
Arp Bot 🤖<p>JWST MIRI image of Arp 107, also known as UGC 5984.</p><p>In this pair of interacting galaxies, only the one-armed spiral glows brightly in mid-infrared light. Young, forming stars, surrounded by dusty silicates and soot-like molecules known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, are shown in blue.</p><p>Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STSc<br>Source: <a href="https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2024/132/01J74B5B0C2MKBE2QXTMW46T4Z" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">webbtelescope.org/contents/med</span><span class="invisible">ia/images/2024/132/01J74B5B0C2MKBE2QXTMW46T4Z</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JWST</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArpGalaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArpGalaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronony</span></a></p>
FreddyB Aviation Photography<p>There is big then there is BIG! USAF C-5M Galaxy 86-0016 taking the option at Travis AFB at 1000 feet does not fit in this uncropped frame at 400mm <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/C5M" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C5M</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TravisAFB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TravisAFB</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/C5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C5</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Cargo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cargo</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/airlifter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airlifter</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/travisafb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travisafb</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/aviationphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aviationphotography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/planespotting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planespotting</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/aircraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aircraft</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Nikon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nikon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/aviationphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aviationphotography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/big" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>big</span></a></p>
Arp Bot 🤖<p>Image of Arp 289, also known as NGC 3981, from the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies by Halton Arp (1966).</p><p>In the original catalog, it was in the category: Double and multiple galaxies - Wind effects. Its irregular arms are likely due to gravitational interactions with a neighboring galaxy.</p><p>NGC 3981 is a member of the NGC 4038 galaxy group, which also contains the Antennae Galaxies, a well-known example of interacting galaxies.</p><p>Source: <a href="https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/Arp73.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Ar</span><span class="invisible">p/Arp73.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArpGalaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArpGalaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronony</span></a></p>
WinFuture.de<p>Sechs <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphones</span></a> von <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Samsung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Samsung</span></a> haben jetzt ihr <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Support</span></a>-Ende erreicht und erhalten keine weiteren <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Updates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Updates</span></a> mehr. Mit dabei ist unter anderem das beliebte <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galaxy</span></a> S20. <a href="https://winfuture.de/news,150237.html?utm_source=Mastodon&amp;utm_medium=ManualStatus&amp;utm_campaign=SocialMedia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">winfuture.de/news,150237.html?</span><span class="invisible">utm_source=Mastodon&amp;utm_medium=ManualStatus&amp;utm_campaign=SocialMedia</span></a></p>
Astronomy Picture of the Day<p>APOD from 2025-04-10</p><p>38 Hours with the M81 Group</p><p>Over 38 hours, a garden <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/telescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telescope</span></a> captured the M81 <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a> group. Dominant M81 boasts spiral arms and a bright core, while cigar-shaped M82 shows intense star formation due to their billion-year gravitational tussle. Eventually, they'll merge into one galaxy. The image also features NGC 3077 and distant integrated flux nebulae from our Milky Way.</p><p>HD image at <a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250410.html#space" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250410.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml#space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earth</span></a></p>
Galaxy bot<p>PGC660212: <a href="https://sga.legacysurvey.org/group/PGC660212" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sga.legacysurvey.org/group/PGC</span><span class="invisible">660212</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a></p>
Galaxy bot<p>PGC366136: <a href="https://sga.legacysurvey.org/group/PGC366136" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sga.legacysurvey.org/group/PGC</span><span class="invisible">366136</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a></p>
Arp Bot 🤖<p>Ground-based image of Arp 16, also known as M66.</p><p>M66 is a member of the Leo Triplet. NGC 3628, the galaxy in the upper left, likely had an encounter with M66 a few hundred million years ago, creating a dramatic tail-like plume.<br>Gravitational interactions between the three galaxies may also be responsible for M66’s distorted shape and prominent spiral arms.</p><p>Credit: Fig 1, G. Wu et al. (2022)<br>Source: <a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022A%26A...658A..25W/abstract" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022</span><span class="invisible">A%26A...658A..25W/abstract</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArpGalaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArpGalaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronony</span></a></p>
Inkican<p>NASA proves its electric moon dust shield works on the lunar surface</p><p><a href="https://www.space.com/the-universe/moon/nasa-proves-its-electric-moon-dust-shield-works-on-the-lunar-surface" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">space.com/the-universe/moon/na</span><span class="invisible">sa-proves-its-electric-moon-dust-shield-works-on-the-lunar-surface</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nasa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spacex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacex</span></a></p>
Arp Bot 🤖<p>Hubble Space Telescope image of Arp 147, also known as IC 298.</p><p>The clumpy, blue ring in the galaxy on the right likely formed when the companion galaxy to the left crashed through its center. This sent a pressure wave outward, like a ripple in a pond, compressing the right galaxy's gas and triggering the formation of new stars.</p><p>Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Livio (STScI)<br>Source: <a href="https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2008/37/2422-Image.html?news=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hubblesite.org/contents/media/</span><span class="invisible">images/2008/37/2422-Image.html?news=true</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArpGalaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArpGalaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronony</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hubble</span></a></p>
Astronomy Picture of the Day<p>APOD from 2025-04-09</p><p>HH 49: Interstellar Jet from <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Webb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Webb</span></a></p><p>James Webb's <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/infrared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrared</span></a> image reveals a Herbig-Haro jet (HH 49) from a forming star system, with glowing shock waves. At the jet's tip lies a distant spiral <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a>, its blue core and circular rings visible behind the interstellar outflow.</p><p>HD image at <a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250409.html#space" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250409.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml#space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/telescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telescope</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a></p>
Random Astronomy Pictures OTD<p>APOD from 2014-07-02</p><p>NGC 4651: The Umbrella <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galaxy</span></a></p><p>NGC 4651, a spiral galaxy similar in size to the Milky Way and located 62 million light-years away, displays a faint umbrella-shaped structure of tidal star streams from a smaller galaxy it tore apart. This phenomenon, common in galactic mergers, was studied using Subaru and Keck telescopes.</p><p>HD image at <a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140702.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140702.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a></p>
grobi<p>This is a compressed version of the video from just under 50MB to approximately 18MB</p><p>This video takes the viewer on a journey to Herbig-Haro 49/50, an outflow from a nearby still-forming star, in high-resolution near- and mid-infrared light with the NIRCam and MIRI instruments. The intricate features of the outflow, represented in reddish-orange color, provide detailed clues about how young stars form and how their jet activity affects the environment around them. A chance alignment in this direction of the sky provides a beautiful juxtaposition of this nearby Herbig-Haro object (located within our Milky Way) with a more distant, face-on spiral galaxy in the background.</p><p>More information and download options: <a href="http://esawebb.org/videos/weic2506d/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">esawebb.org/videos/weic2506d/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Credit:<br>NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, ESO, Digitized Sky Survey 2, unWISE, JPL-Caltech, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb), E. Slawik, N. Risinger, D. De Martin, D. Lang (Perimeter Institute), M. Zamani (ESA/Webb) <br>Music:Tonelabs – The Red North (www.tonelabs.com)</p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a></p>
grobi<p>HH 49: Interstellar Jet from Webb<br>Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, JWST<br><a href="https://www.esa.int/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">esa.int/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/mission/webb/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">science.nasa.gov/mission/webb/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.stsci.edu/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">stsci.edu/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">nasa.gov/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Explanation: <br>What's at the tip of this interstellar jet? First let's consider the jet: it is being expelled by a star system just forming and is cataloged as Herbig-Haro 49 (HH 49). The star system expelling this jet is not visible -- it is off to the lower right. The complex conical structure featured in this infrared image by the James Webb Space Telescope also includes another jet cataloged as HH 50. The fast jet particles impact the surrounding interstellar gas and form shock waves that glow prominently in infrared light -- shown here as reddish-brown ridges. This JWST image also resolved the mystery of the unusual object at HH 49's tip: it is a spiral galaxy far in the distance. The blue center is therefore not one star but many, and the surrounding circular rings are actually spiral arms. <br><a href="https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2025/112/01JNGTQ49XY0NHG1Y31RAGYH1Y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">webbtelescope.org/contents/med</span><span class="invisible">ia/images/2025/112/01JNGTQ49XY0NHG1Y31RAGYH1Y</span></a><br><a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070811.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070811.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a><br><a href="https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/nasas-webb-telescope-reveals-cosmic-tornado-in-action/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebrighterside.news/post/nasa</span><span class="invisible">s-webb-telescope-reveals-cosmic-tornado-in-action/</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbig%E2%80%93Haro_object" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbig%E</span><span class="invisible">2%80%93Haro_object</span></a><br><a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006AJ....132.1923B/abstract" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006</span><span class="invisible">AJ....132.1923B/abstract</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_GviglW954" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=U_GviglW95</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7tPEOVGKkw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=J7tPEOVGKk</span><span class="invisible">w</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_arm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_a</span><span class="invisible">rm</span></a><br><a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240101.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240101.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250409.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250409.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a></p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/webb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webb</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a></p>