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Rachiel, she/her 🖖Mild case of Star Trek nerd 🌌physics/astronomy undergrad “You can use logic to justify almost anything. That's its power and its flaw.” — Captain Cathryn Janeway

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A wide-field Hubble image of the Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302), a planetary nebula with a bright central region and two distinct lobes extending outwards, resembling butterfly wings. The lobes display a complex structure with swirling patterns and vibrant colors, including red, orange, yellow, green, and blue, transitioning from the hot core to the cooler outer edges. Numerous stars are scattered across the black background.

A wide-field Hubble image of the Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302), a planetary nebula with a bright central region and two distinct lobes extending outwards, resembling butterfly wings. The lobes display a complex structure with swirling patterns and vibrant colors, including red, orange, yellow, green, and blue, transitioning from the hot core to the cooler outer edges. Numerous stars are scattered across the black background.

Butterfly emerges from stellar demise in planetary nebula NGC 6302.
(Hubble)
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09.02.2025 20:45 — 👍 4642    🔁 484    💬 42    📌 31
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Made this in splatoon and never had a twitter account to post it to… so, now, maybe I can finally move on from it and draw something new…

12.01.2025 06:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
illustration of vileplume sitting on the ground with bushes behind her and a few plants and flowers growing in front. there are two skiploom hanging around.

illustration of vileplume sitting on the ground with bushes behind her and a few plants and flowers growing in front. there are two skiploom hanging around.

some grassy mons 🍃

19.12.2024 00:43 — 👍 5489    🔁 1497    💬 30    📌 3
This stunning infrared image from JWST's NIRCam reveals the turbulent environment surrounding the Wolf-Rayet star WR 124. The image showcases a complex, asymmetric nebula of gas and dust expelled by the star's powerful stellar winds, glowing brightly in infrared light. These intricate structures offer valuable insights into the late stages of massive star evolution, specifically the process of mass loss that enriches the interstellar medium with heavy elements. The high resolution of NIRCam allows scientists to study the composition and dynamics of this ejected material in unprecedented detail, providing a deeper understanding of how massive stars contribute to the evolution of galaxies.

This stunning infrared image from JWST's NIRCam reveals the turbulent environment surrounding the Wolf-Rayet star WR 124. The image showcases a complex, asymmetric nebula of gas and dust expelled by the star's powerful stellar winds, glowing brightly in infrared light. These intricate structures offer valuable insights into the late stages of massive star evolution, specifically the process of mass loss that enriches the interstellar medium with heavy elements. The high resolution of NIRCam allows scientists to study the composition and dynamics of this ejected material in unprecedented detail, providing a deeper understanding of how massive stars contribute to the evolution of galaxies.

Wolf-Rayet star WR 124.
WR stars are one of the most hottest stars in the universe.
Processed JWST/NIRCam data by @thocarp.bsky.social
www.flickr.com/photos/19746...
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17.12.2024 21:46 — 👍 879    🔁 86    💬 6    📌 4
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Running Chicken Nebula

17.12.2024 01:34 — 👍 1706    🔁 101    💬 35    📌 4

I appreciate that where I go I find #spirk, even though there was never a reason to doubt that.

17.12.2024 01:25 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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I do astronomy for a living, and images like this *still* take my breath away. What a beautiful universe we live in. Even in the midst of trouble, grief, & anything you might be struggling with (like we all are) - try to seek out the beauty. It helps ❤️

16.12.2024 11:27 — 👍 6950    🔁 595    💬 144    📌 21
The center of the image contains arcs of orange and pink that form a boat-like shape. One end of these arcs points to the top right of the image, while the other end point toward the bottom left. Another plume of orange and pink expands from the center to the top left of the image. To the right of this plume is a large cluster of white stars. There are various other white stars and a few galaxies of different sizes spread throughout the image. Ten, small, yellow circles overlaid at various points across the image indicate the positions of the ten stars surveyed in this study.

The center of the image contains arcs of orange and pink that form a boat-like shape. One end of these arcs points to the top right of the image, while the other end point toward the bottom left. Another plume of orange and pink expands from the center to the top left of the image. To the right of this plume is a large cluster of white stars. There are various other white stars and a few galaxies of different sizes spread throughout the image. Ten, small, yellow circles overlaid at various points across the image indicate the positions of the ten stars surveyed in this study.

JWST CONTINUES TO EXCEED OUR EXPECTATIONS!! ✨

recently, it confirmed a 20 year-old mystery discovered by hubble, finding that there are planet-forming disks in the early universe that are longer lived than they should be, given environmental conditions!

16.12.2024 20:15 — 👍 4630    🔁 396    💬 70    📌 10

New to this sort of platform and would love some friends/mutuals :D
🌌 physics/astronomy undergrad
🖖 Trekkie and proud
🏳️‍⚧️ thriving as the real me
🎮 cozy gaming
🎨 art/sketching (casual and learning)
💿 collecting physical media

#astrosky #newskies

03.12.2024 07:48 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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