Stars orbiting supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky WayJun 26 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn
The Space Shuttle Endeavour is now vertical at the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los AngelesJun 24 ⋅ Brilliant_Night7643 ⋅ r/spaceporn
Andromeda Galaxy, captured in infrared by NASA’s WISE space telescope.Jun 16 ⋅ mrkarzac ⋅ r/spaceporn
A shot one in a trillion: Triple Alignment: Plane L-39NG Skyfox, Space Station and Sun. By Petr HoralekJun 14 ⋅ Neaterntal ⋅ r/spaceporn
Despite the stressful situation on the ISS, astronaut Jessica Meir managed to capture the beautiful Aurora AustralisJun 7 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn
Saturn's dark side, imaged by Cassini two days before its final plungeJun 1 ⋅ ojosdelostigres ⋅ r/spaceporn
This image from the SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope is the clearest image of a planet caught in the very act of formation around the dwarf star PDS 70. The planet stands clearly out, visible as a bright point to the right of the centre of the image. (ESO/A. Muller et al.)Jun 4 ⋅ Grahamthicke ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #70
Kilometer-sized asteroid makes its closest Earth pass in over 400 yearsJun 27 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #400
Saturn is the only planet in the solar system that is less dense than water, so in a big enough bathtub it would float.Jun 13 ⋅ xburntcaramel ⋅ r/spaceporn
The space shuttle Challenger on approach to land after STS-41-B, the first use of Kennedy’s Shuttle Landing FacilityJun 8 ⋅ ToeSniffer245 ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #41
A true to scale comparison of every planet in our Solar System against the sheer magnitude of our Sun.Jun 19 ⋅ coffeeandlacee ⋅ r/spaceporn
Colliding Spiral Galaxies from Webb and Hubble (Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)Jun 20 ⋅ Grahamthicke ⋅ r/spaceporn
Jupiter's Great Red Spot captured by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft in March 1979.Jun 23 ⋅ StephenMcGannon ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #1979 #1
Recent pic of Pillars of Creation. Webb's infrared view highlights the evaporating occurring in the massive 4 light-year tall pillars, where stars of all different sizes are bursting to life. (NASA, Diego Pisano)Jun 10 ⋅ G_Marius_the_jabroni ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #NASA-Diego-Pisano #Diego-Pisano #NASA #4
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is officially slated to launch Aug. 30Jun 5 ⋅ Neaterntal ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #30
South Atlantic Fireball Flagged as a Likely Interstellar MeteorJun 4 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn
[OC] I captured Hubble's famous Pillars of Creation from my Parisian balconyJun 19 ⋅ Gadac ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #OC
JUST IN: Sun erupts an Earth-directed X1.11 solar flareJun 30 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #11
A once-in-a-lifetime sight: comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS)Jun 14 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #PanSTARRS #2025
NASA reveals the crew for the Artemis III mission. The mission will test docking capabilities with commercial landers in low Earth orbit in late 2027.Jun 9 ⋅ GiveMeSomeSunshine3 ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #2027
The final five-and-a-half minutes of images leading up to the DART spacecraft's intentional collision with asteroid Dimorphos.Jun 29 ⋅ ojosdelostigres ⋅ r/spaceporn
STS-114 mission specialist Stephen K. Robinson performs an EVA to remove gap filers from Discovery’s thermal protection systemJun 11 ⋅ ToeSniffer245 ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #114
Development of the BIG sunspot AR 4478 over the past 3 daysJun 29 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #4478 #3
Boeing 747 Carrying the Space Shuttle Endeavour over Los AngelesJun 15 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #747
Mt. Everest vs. the tallest mountain in the solar system. Olympus Mons on Mars.Jun 30 ⋅ SparrowCharm ⋅ r/spaceporn
Stretched (4x) Cassini images of the Saturn moon 'Pan' , processed in various ways.Jun 18 ⋅ Grahamthicke ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #4x
From my backyard in Florida, what planet companions the moon this evening?Jun 18 ⋅ Brandon9one ⋅ r/spaceporn
Procedural JWST Deep Field - like render with redshift and gravitational lensingJun 11 ⋅ Petrundiy2 ⋅ r/spaceporn
Comparing crescent nebula, to show how the nebulosity comes to life the more exposure time you add. By Jon's astrophotographyJun 27 ⋅ Neaterntal ⋅ r/spaceporn
A robot On an asteroid 300 million kilometres away took this photo of the surface of the asteroid Ryugu then it died there, and it's still there now.Jun 14 ⋅ xburntcaramel ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #300
[OC] I share with you my third attempt at producing a wooden astrolabe for my latitude, I'm eager to hear your criticisms!Jun 21 ⋅ HS_illustrator ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #OC
The Face on Mars captured by Viking 1 in 1976 vs. the exact same rock formation captured by the Mars Global Surveyor in 2001.Jun 19 ⋅ xwinterpearl ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #1976 #2001 #1
The Artemis II crew members hand the Artemis baton to the newly-announced Artemis III crew.Jun 9 ⋅ GiveMeSomeSunshine3 ⋅ r/spaceporn
[OC] I captured the huge nebula complex around the Cygnus constellationJun 11 ⋅ Gadac ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #OC
New JWST image shows every stage of Star Formation in a single photoJun 8 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn
The Spring Awakening of Martian Polar Dunes (HiRISE Mars)Jun 15 ⋅ Neaterntal ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #HiRISE-Mars
JUST IN: intensifying sunspots AR 4455 erupted an Earth-directed M9.3 flareJun 3 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #4455 #3
This image, taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which ESO is a partner, shows the PDS 70 systemJun 14 ⋅ Grahamthicke ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #r/submillimeter #ALMA #70
Every 15 seconds during 2025, an all-sky camera took an image of the sky over the Netherlands to create this keogram.Jun 21 ⋅ ojosdelostigres ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #2025 #15
Globular cluster NGC 6723, sometimes called the Chandelier Cluster.Jun 26 ⋅ ojosdelostigres ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #6723
This image was captured by the Artemis II crew a few hours before they returned to EarthJun 28 ⋅ ojosdelostigres ⋅ r/spaceporn
A Worsening Air Leak Prompts a Brief Evacuation Order on the Space StationJun 5 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn
Image of Jupiter's chaotic atmosphere captured by Juno during its 66th perijove (closest orbit), then further processed with color enhancement by Gerald Eichstadt and Thomas Thomopoulos. NASA / JPL / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstadt / Thomas Thomopoulos CC BY 3.0Jun 8 ⋅ Grahamthicke ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #closest-orbit #0 #3
Airglow above moon-lit clouds, image by NASA astronaut Jessica MeirJun 4 ⋅ ojosdelostigres ⋅ r/spaceporn
Two telescopes, two epochs, the same nebula 21.5 years apart. You might have to stare for a little bit to fully appreciate all the movement going. Hubble+Webb. Processed by Judy SchmidtJun 8 ⋅ Neaterntal ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #21 #5
NASA just released new photos of the Moon from Artemis II missionJun 10 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn
A wild workspace in front of the Mars Curiosity Rover following its Sol 4928 (17.6.26) drive this week. Check out all those polygonal fractures! Processed by Kevin M GillJun 20 ⋅ Neaterntal ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #4928 #17 #26 #6
GIF motion interpolation of seven images of the HR 8799 system taken from the W. M. Keck Observatory over seven years, featuring four exoplanets ( Video making & motion interpolation: Jason Wang Data analysis: Christian Marois Orbit determination: Quinn Konopacky Data Taking: Bruce Macintosh)Jun 6 ⋅ Grahamthicke ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #GIF #8799
The two-part Viking 1 spacecraft reached Mars orbit 50 years ago today. A few days later, the images it returned of the proposed Viking 1 landing site were met with both elation and shock.Jun 20 ⋅ Neaterntal ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #50 #1
Fastest moving start in the night sky over a 7-year periodJun 15 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #7
After a 50-Year Search, the Milky Way's Black Hole Reveals Its WindJun 5 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #50
NASA will announce the Artemis III crew tomorrow at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC)Jun 8 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #1500-UTC #11
Travel selfie flex by ESA Astronaut Sophie Adenot aboard the ISSJun 13 ⋅ ojosdelostigres ⋅ r/spaceporn
Asteroid Donaldjohanson GIF full image sequence as imaged by the spacecraft Lucy (NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL)Jun 23 ⋅ Grahamthicke ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #NASA-Goddard-SwRI-Johns-Hopkins-APL #Johns-Hopkins-APL #Goddard #NASA #SwRI #GIF
Cassini's narrow angle camera recorded this close-up of the Encke GapJun 23 ⋅ ojosdelostigres ⋅ r/spaceporn
New JWST image shows the brightest quasar and its jet (at 8 o'clock)Jun 27 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #8
China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is prepping for a close encounter on July 4 with near-Earth asteroid and “quasi-moon” Kamo‘oalewa. Tianwen-2 will seek to grab samples from the small, enigmatic space rock for return to Earth in 2027.Jun 14 ⋅ Neaterntal ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #2027 #2 #4
Extreme land surface temperatures in Western Europe were measured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on Wednesday, 23 June.Jun 27 ⋅ ojosdelostigres ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #23 #3
For the first time, scientists have detected the wind from a black holeJun 17 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn
[OC] GIANT IMPACT supercomputer simulation on a phone!Jun 13 ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/spaceporn ⋅ #OC
