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Share & discuss informative content on:
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- Space Exploration
- Planetary Science
- Astrobiology
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Ship 29 in the High Bay - 4/12/2024
02:08 UTC
Planet Venus and Jupiter visible during totality
01:40 UTC
Baily's Beads
01:24 UTC
First time photographing eclipse!
01:16 UTC
Saw this today just hovering at a place for 2 minutes then disappeared completely
00:36 UTC
Fort Worth, 8 minutes before totality (the clouds moved after this). I turned 24 during the solar eclipse, best birthday present ever!!
00:07 UTC
High-Resolution Image of Baily’s Beads and Prominences on Either Side of Totality: Solar Eclipse 2024
23:46 UTC
How animals react during a solar eclipse
22:15 UTC
Rocket Launch Schedule: Week of April 15 - April 21
Hello! We have 4 confirmed rocket launches scheduled this week.
Monday 4:10am UTC (Local: Mon 12:10pm GMT+8)
Long March 2D mission
Long March 2D
CASC
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Wednesday 6:30pm UTC (Local: Wed 11:30am PDT)
WorldView Legion 1 & 2 Mission
Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX
Vandenberg SFB
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Wednesday 9:24pm UTC (Local: Wed 5:24pm EDT)
Starlink Group 6-51 Mission
Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX
Kennedy Space Center
Low Earth Orbit
Thursday 10:40pm UTC (Local: Thu 6:40pm EDT)
Starlink Group 6-52 Mission
Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Low Earth Orbit
21:52 UTC
Whirlpool Galaxy with a Celestron 5SE
21:25 UTC
I captured the Moon, Jupiter and a comet in the same frame
Jupiter with it's moons at upper left corner, eartshine moon at right, and 12P/Pons-Brooks comet at bottom is visible in this photo I took. (Comet looks like a green star because the photo was taken in twilight, it's tail is not visible)
21:14 UTC
Everyone's posting their Total Eclipse Photos so here's mine!
20:43 UTC
When will your state next be visited by a total solar eclipse? [Updated for post-2024 eclipse]
19:43 UTC
The rear wheels of the space shuttle orbiter Columbia touch down at Edwards Air Force Base after successfully completing the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program on April 14, 1981.
19:42 UTC
2024 Total Solar Eclipse Time Lapse Composite
18:50 UTC
Sunburst Diamond Ring
18:06 UTC
All Space Questions thread for week of April 14, 2024
Please sort comments by 'new' to find questions that would otherwise be buried.
In this thread you can ask any space related question that you may have.
Two examples of potential questions could be; "How do rockets work?", or "How do the phases of the Moon work?"
If you see a space related question posted in another subreddit or in this subreddit, then please politely link them to this thread.
Ask away!
18:00 UTC
During the total solar eclipse I could see solar prominences with my naked eyes. This shot shows an absolutely enormous one-- the tiny dot is Earth added for scale.
17:09 UTC
Juno spacecraft caught Ganymede cast its shadow on Jupiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/ Thomas Thomopoulos
16:13 UTC
Manned orbital launches by year, 1961-2023
14:13 UTC
There were many pictures taken of totality, but this one is mine.
From Benton, Illinois. Taken on my dad's DSLR by someone who had no idea what they were doing (me).
13:50 UTC
I only snapped 5 pics during the eclipse because I wanted to watch it with my own eyes. I got lucky!
12:20 UTC