ion:

Transit of Neptune’s moon Despina

levantineviper:

Saturn’s eight largest moons

Click through the photos for their names (they are arranged from largest to smallest).

planetarywanderer:

littlelimpstiff14u2:

These are the Most Incredible Photos Shot by NASA’s Cassini Probe

The Cassini space probe has captured its fair share of eye-popping photos since launching in 1997 and arriving in Saturn’s orbit in 2004.
Here’s a collection of some of Cassini’s most remarkable photographs. You can find a massive collection of Cassini’s photos in the mission gallery on NASA’s website.

1. Saturn’s gradation and rings. 2.Saturn casting a shadow on its rings. 3. Three of Saturn’s moons (Titan, Mimas, and Rhea) captured in a single photo. 4.A storm on the north pole of Saturn. 5. Four moons huddling around Saturn’s rings. 6. Saturn’s moon Rhea hovering in front of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. 7. Saturn, its rings, and its moon Dione. 8. Saturn casting its shadow on its rings. 9. A massive storm stretching across the surface of the planet. 10. Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus.

The Cassini camera team keeps an eye out for images that will be gorgeous in addition to scientifically valuable during planning.  

I used to work on the Cassini science planning team, mostly planning flybys of Enceladus; this weekend’s final Enceladus flyby feels very bittersweet to me.

fendi2:

Callisto, Io and Europa. Jupiter’s moons

child-of-thecosmos:

The Atom: Part 4 of 5 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
Episode 6: Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still, Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey

treksanity:

just–space:

Starburst Galaxy

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colchrishadfield:

Somewhere, on the edge of the solar system, a small probe laden with cameras and human ashes just reached its destiny.

sagansense:

humanoidhistory:

The Moon, November 1969. (NASA)

“Magnificent desolation.” – Buzz Aldrin

chaosophia218:

Dolly Setton - Human Body Ingredients, “The Cosmic Recipe for Earthlings”, 2013.

“The Nitrogen in our DNA, the Calcium in our Teeth, the Iron in our Blood, were made in the interiors of Collapsing Stars. We are made of Star Stuff.” - Carl Sagan

the-wolf-and-moon:

Galactic Center

the-wolf-and-moon:

Milky Way Panorama 

humanoidhistory:

The Sun, as of June 1, 2015.

claraoswinoswald:

just–space:

A Giant Star Factory in Neighboring Galaxy NGC 6822 NASA

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jxnc:

just—space:

Voyagers Neptune