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@WorldAndScience World and ScienceNASA and other space agencies have been sharing breathtaking images of celestial objects, including galaxies, nebulas, and stars. The images showcase the beauty of the universe, with vibrant colors and intricate details. Meanwhile, scientists continue to explore the mysteries of the universe, including the behavior of supermassive black holes and the search for extraterrestrial life.
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"Do you notice any effects of climate change in your day to day life"
X Link 2025-12-10T16:42Z 2.5M followers, 10.2K engagements
"A very handy gadget Digital multi-scanner that can locate things such as metals and live cables in your wall reducing risks when drilling: -AmazonAfflink"
X Link 2025-12-11T04:43Z 2.5M followers, 15.2K engagements
"Fascinating book: Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth -AmazonAfflink"
X Link 2025-11-08T07:04Z 2.5M followers, 12K engagements
"A gorgeous view of M51 also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy (Credit: NASA ESA S. Beckwith (STScI) and the Hubble Heritage Team - STScI/AURA)"
X Link 2025-11-29T22:48Z 2.5M followers, 18.4K engagements
"Behold the majesty of the Vela Supernova Remnant a luminous cloud of interstellar gas remnants from a star's explosive demise approximately 11000 years ago. (Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA / T.A. Rector M. Zamani & D. de Martin)"
X Link 2025-11-30T02:04Z 2.5M followers, 16.5K engagements
"Hubbles Stunning Look at a Stellar Nursery Within the nebula NGC XXX young stars are still taking shape as clouds of gas collapse under gravity. These infant stars have not yet begun burning hydrogen through nuclear fusion. Credit: NASA ESA and A. Nota (STScI/ESA)"
X Link 2025-11-30T18:22Z 2.5M followers, 17.3K engagements
"A glimpse into the far future - our night sky as it will appear when the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies intertwine. (Credit: NASA; ESA; Z. Levay and R. van der Marel STScI; T. Hallas and A. Mellinger)"
X Link 2025-12-02T15:28Z 2.5M followers, 9744 engagements
"Majestic: The Eagle Nebula (M16) in Serpens reveals a cosmic wonderits legendary Pillars of Creation surrounded by a stellar tapestry spanning diverse ages and distances. Credit: ESO/M.McCaughrean & M.Andersen (AIP)"
X Link 2025-12-02T20:07Z 2.5M followers, 11.8K engagements
"How Moon Dust Can Keep Astronauts Lights On:"
X Link 2025-12-03T13:22Z 2.5M followers, 8216 engagements
"A cataclysmic collision of a galaxy pair named IC 1623 The galaxies are in their final stages of merging Astronomers expect a strong inflow of gas to ignite a frenzied burst of star formation in the resulting compact starburst galaxy (Credit: ESA/Hubble/NASA R. Chandar)"
X Link 2025-12-03T19:28Z 2.5M followers, 12.4K engagements
"A bright foreground star cant dim the grandeur of galaxy UGC 3855. Blue stars dot its spiral arms offset by dark dust lanes tracing the galaxys shape. (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA J. Walsh)"
X Link 2025-12-04T10:17Z 2.5M followers, 14.5K engagements
"A glimpse into the far future - our night sky as it will appear when the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies intertwine. (Credit: NASA; ESA; Z. Levay and R. van der Marel STScI; T. Hallas and A. Mellinger)"
X Link 2025-12-05T02:34Z 2.5M followers, 12K engagements
"Breathtaking The Elephant Trunk Nebula is a long dense ribbon of gas embedded within the luminous star cluster IC 1396 hiding countless young protostars still taking shape. (Credit: T.A. Rector and WIYN/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)"
X Link 2025-12-05T20:02Z 2.5M followers, 11.9K engagements
"How do we colonize Jupiter's Moons"
X Link 2025-12-07T00:02Z 2.5M followers, 12.8K engagements
"Infrared light helps us study galaxies that might otherwise be hidden. One example is the Maffei X galaxy that happens to fall behind our own Milky Way. In visible light it is almost entirely obscure from view. (Credit: NASA ESA and G. Bacon (STScI) Et al.)"
X Link 2025-12-07T13:32Z 2.5M followers, 14.2K engagements
"Spiral galaxy NGC 4303 also known as Messier XX is a starburst galaxy with an unusually high rate of star formation making it a valuable laboratory for astronomers studying how stars are born. (Credit: ESO/PHANGS)"
X Link 2025-12-07T15:44Z 2.5M followers, 11.4K engagements
"What the Mona Lisa would look like when observed with antennas at different separations The further they are the finer the details they can resolve. (When the antennas are too far away diffuse extended structures can no longer be seen) (Credit: ESO/J. C. Muoz-Mateos)"
X Link 2025-12-08T08:28Z 2.5M followers, 18K engagements
"How do you feel about the creation of artificial meats in laboratory settings Do you believe it could be a major turning point"
X Link 2025-12-08T10:48Z 2.5M followers, 14K engagements
"An eye-catching X-ray/infrared view of XX Doradus the brightest and largest star-forming region in the Local Group including the Milky Way (Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State Univ./L. Townsley et al.; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/JWST ERO Production Team)"
X Link 2025-12-09T14:14Z 2.5M followers, 9065 engagements
"A glimpse into the Virgo Cluster from the Rubin Observatory reveals two striking spiral galaxies three merging galaxies distant galaxy groups and Milky Way starsshowcasing cosmic diversity. (Credit: NSFDOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory)"
X Link 2025-12-09T17:48Z 2.5M followers, 9453 engagements
"Neptune experiences winds so fast theyre capable of breaking the sound barrier"
X Link 2025-12-01T11:22Z 2.5M followers, 12.2K engagements
"Planets Could Travel Along With Rogue 'Hypervelocity' Stars Spreading Life Throughout The Universe:"
X Link 2025-12-02T04:44Z 2.5M followers, 18.7K engagements
"Having trouble with eye strain This gadget may help. A heated head and eye massager that combines soothing compression and massage to alleviate stress and relieve headaches and eye strain: -AmazonAfflink"
X Link 2025-12-03T16:28Z 2.5M followers, 8232 engagements
"Playing video games lowers risk of depression later in life for boys:"
X Link 2025-12-04T02:42Z 2.5M followers, 10.9K engagements
"Though this is just a small glimpse of the Eagle Nebula the immense pillar of gas and dark dust continues to amazereaching a height of XXX light-years Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA K. Noll N. Bartmann (ESA/Hubble)"
X Link 2025-12-04T15:32Z 2.5M followers, 10.2K engagements
"An intriguing colour composite image of RCW120 revealing a bubble of ionized gas roughly ten light-years across driving the collapse of nearby material into dense clumps that form new stars. Credit: ESO/APEX/DSS2/ SuperCosmos/ Deharveng(LAM)/ Zavagno(LAM)"
X Link 2025-12-06T08:24Z 2.5M followers, 14.5K engagements
"Amazing: A detailed view of Neptunes Great Dark Spot captured by Voyager X (Credit: NASA / Jet Propulsion Lab)"
X Link 2025-12-06T15:52Z 2.5M followers, 11.1K engagements
"It's hard to believe but this radiant elongated streak sprinkled with bright spots is a spiral galaxy just like our Milky Way seen from an edge-on perspective. (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA A. Filippenko R. Jansen)"
X Link 2025-12-06T19:02Z 2.5M followers, 12.7K engagements
"Ethics of AI: how should we treat rational sentient robots if they existed"
X Link 2025-12-07T12:28Z 2.5M followers, 11.8K engagements
"The luminous gas clouds in this image are part of the Prawn Nebula (Gum XX or IC 4628) a stellar nursery rich with star-forming activity. Scattered throughout newly born stars shine brightly lighting up their cosmic home. (Credit: ESO)"
X Link 2025-12-08T15:14Z 2.5M followers, 10.7K engagements
"Fascinating: Dark nebulae (or absorption nebulae) are clouds of gas and dust in space that block light coming from behind them as seen in this beautiful Hubble image of LDN 1165 (Credit: NASA ESA T. Megeath K. Stapelfeldt Gladys Kober)"
X Link 2025-12-09T01:02Z 2.5M followers, 11.4K engagements
"An awesome gift idea for runners and cyclists These bone conduction headphones allow you to hear traffic while enjoying your music: -AmazonAfflink"
X Link 2025-12-09T21:32Z 2.5M followers, 9343 engagements
"Awesome LEGO set Botanicals Bonsai Tree: -AmazonAfflink"
X Link 2025-12-02T19:22Z 2.5M followers, 7905 engagements
"NASA's Juno spacecraft provided a stunning glimpse of Jupiters atmosphere highlighting the merger of two storms. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing by Tanya Oleksuik)"
X Link 2025-12-10T14:08Z 2.5M followers, 7929 engagements
"Interesting fact: Titan is the only place in the solar system other than Earth that has lakes and oceans on its surface"
X Link 2025-06-10T21:58Z 2.5M followers, 276.4K engagements
"An incredible zoom-in on the supermassive black hole anchoring M87 a giant elliptical galaxy XX million light-years away (Credit: NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center)"
X Link 2025-11-27T11:07Z 2.5M followers, 12.5K engagements
"Located in the constellation Orion CGCG 396-2 is an unusual multi-armed galaxy merger around XXX million light-years from our planet. (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA W. Keel)"
X Link 2025-12-02T01:38Z 2.5M followers, 12.9K engagements
"This incredible NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Trifid Nebula reveals a stellar nursery being torn apart by radiation from a nearby massive star Credit: NASA and Jeff Hester (Arizona State University)"
X Link 2025-12-02T13:32Z 2.5M followers, 9309 engagements
"How many of earths moons crashed back into the planet billions of years ago Here is the science:"
X Link 2025-12-03T18:28Z 2.5M followers, 10.4K engagements
"A breathtaking sight NGC 3256 is a peculiar galaxy born from the collision of two galaxies in the constellation Vela lying about XXX million light-years away within the HydraCentaurus Supercluster complex. (Credit: ESA/Hubble NASA)"
X Link 2025-12-04T12:08Z 2.5M followers, 9691 engagements
"Behold the spiral galaxy NGC 1309 glowing XXX million light-years away in Eridanus. Scattered across the scene are countless background galaxieseach faint smudge a vast world of its own. (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA L. Galbany S. Jha K. Noll A. Riess)"
X Link 2025-12-04T17:58Z 2.5M followers, 9590 engagements
"Spectacular: IPHASX J205013.7+465518 known as 'the Ear Nebula' Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)"
X Link 2025-12-05T22:28Z 2.5M followers, 10.9K engagements
"Stunning: Pelican Nebula This image reveals many previously unseen shockwaves evidence for powerful outflows from newly formed stars embedded within the molecular clouds that rim the nebula. (Credit: University of Colorado University of Hawaii and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)"
X Link 2025-12-06T22:52Z 2.5M followers, 14.3K engagements
"A breathtaking scene in the Vela constellation These delicate filaments and swirling clouds are the remains of a supernova that erupted around 11000 years ago. (Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team. Acknowledgement: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit)"
X Link 2025-12-07T03:44Z 2.5M followers, 13.2K engagements
"The celestial wings of NGC 2899 unfurl across space sculpted by torrents of gas launched from a central star blazing at nearly 22000 degrees Celsius. Credit: NASA ESA STScI N. Bartmann (ESA/Hubble)"
X Link 2025-12-07T08:52Z 2.5M followers, 10.5K engagements
"This amazing James Webb Telescope image of L1527 is essentially a baby photo of our own solar system. Billions of years ago our solar system would have looked much like this. (Credit: NASA ESA CSA STScI / Joseph DePasquale Alyssa Pagan Anton M. Koekemoer)"
X Link 2025-12-08T22:52Z 2.5M followers, 16.6K engagements
"A breathtaking view of UGC 12591 a huge S0/Sa galaxy XXX million light-years away in the PiscesPerseus Supercluster. With several hundred billion solar masses (4x the Milky Way) it spins at an incredible XXX million km/h (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA)"
X Link 2025-12-09T03:57Z 2.5M followers, 12.3K engagements
"Think about this: If we are made of atoms then a scientist studying atoms is actually a group of atoms studying itself"
X Link 2025-12-09T06:02Z 2.5M followers, 19.2K engagements
"NGC XXX is a youthful star cluster shining amid the gas clouds of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy. Open clusters such as NGC XXX consist of loosely connected young stars that will gradually disperse over time. (Credit: NASA ESA and C. Lindberg; Processing: Gladys Kober)"
X Link 2025-12-09T08:04Z 2.5M followers, 12.3K engagements
"NGC 4536 an intermediate spiral galaxy in Virgo about XX million light-years away. Its a starburst galaxy forming stars rapidly as gas flows toward its core lighting up blue star clusters and red hydrogen clouds. (Credit: NASA ESA and J. Lee; Processing: Gladys Kober)"
X Link 2025-12-09T09:44Z 2.5M followers, 10.9K engagements
"Hubbles Stunning Look into a Stellar Nursery Young stars nestled within the nebula NGC XXX are still taking shape as clouds of gas collapse under gravity. These stellar infants have yet to ignite hydrogen fusion at their cores. Credit: NASA ESA and A. Nota (STScI/ESA)"
X Link 2025-12-09T11:28Z 2.5M followers, 11.3K engagements
"Stunning Messier XX a reflection nebula in Orion (Credit: ESO/Igor Chekalin)"
X Link 2025-12-09T12:28Z 2.5M followers, 10.8K engagements
"Majestic: Draped across the heavens the Circinus West molecular cloud weaves a tapestry of darkness and light its presence felt even from 2500 light-years afar. (Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA T.A. Rector D. de Martin & M. Kosari - Video by Universal-Sci)"
X Link 2025-12-09T15:54Z 2.5M followers, 15K engagements
"A spectacular view Jupiters volcanically active moon Io casts a striking shadow on the giant planet in this dramatic image captured by NASAs Juno spacecraft. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS)"
X Link 2025-12-10T00:32Z 2.5M followers, 11.1K engagements
"Spiral galaxy M81 a majestic jewel in the constellation Ursa Major resides roughly XX million light-years away. Credit: NASA ESA A. Zezas (CfA) and A. Filippenko (UC Berkeley) - Acknowledgment: Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) & O. Fox (University of California Berkeley)"
X Link 2025-12-10T02:34Z 2.5M followers, 11.5K engagements
"Spectacular: SNR 0509-67.5 is the glowing shell left behind by a star that blew apart centuries ago offering the first photographic proof that some stars can die in a two-step detonation. (Credit: ESO/P. Das et al. Background stars (Hubble): K. Noll et al.)"
X Link 2025-12-10T03:42Z 2.5M followers, 16.1K engagements
"Would you rely on a fully autonomous robotic surgeon for your medical treatment"
X Link 2025-12-10T05:46Z 2.5M followers, 13.9K engagements
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle Do you agree"
X Link 2025-12-10T08:22Z 2.5M followers, 13K engagements
"Fascinating: a piece of debris orbiting a comet (67P/C-G). Models show that the object follows an orbital path at a distance of between XXX and XXX km from the comets center (Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS/OSIRIS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA/J. Roger)"
X Link 2025-12-10T13:13Z 2.5M followers, 7441 engagements
"Behold the Small Magellanic Cloud in stunning detaila small galaxy quietly orbiting our Milky Way. It shimmers softly in the southern sky visible to the naked eye on clear nights (Credit: ESO/VISTa VMC / Video by Universal-Sci)"
X Link 2025-12-10T16:08Z 2.5M followers, 14.9K engagements
"Stunning: NGC 4753 first spotted by Herschel in 1784 roughly XX million light-years from Earth. Its tangled dust lanes likely formed after merging with a dwarf galaxy. (Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA J. Miller M. Rodriguez M. Zamani)"
X Link 2025-12-10T20:48Z 2.5M followers, 11.9K engagements
"Astonishing: NASA's Galileo spacecraft captures an erupting volcano on Io Jupiter's moon (Credit: NASA/JPL)"
X Link 2025-12-10T22:52Z 2.5M followers, 13.1K engagements
"A look at the stunning Vela Supernova Remnant -- the leftover structure from a massive star that exploded about 11000 years ago (Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA T.A. Rector M. Zamani & D. de Martin)"
X Link 2025-12-10T23:52Z 2.5M followers, 11.9K engagements
"A preview of the night sky before the Milky Way begins its long-anticipated encounter with Andromeda (set to start in about X billion years and conclude X billion years later). (Credit: NASA ESA Z. Levay and R. van der Marel (STScI) and A. Mellinger)"
X Link 2025-12-11T02:14Z 2.5M followers, 10.9K engagements
"Messier XX a beautiful barred spiral galaxy in Hydra lies XX million light-years away. This image combines three CCD frames to reveal its stunning structure. (Credit: ESO)"
X Link 2025-12-11T05:52Z 2.5M followers, 14.9K engagements
"Some intruiging questions: Why do we remember the past and not the future What does it mean for time to "flow" Do we exist in time or does time exist in us Read about the order of time: -AmazonAfflink"
X Link 2025-12-11T09:22Z 2.5M followers, 8111 engagements
"The NSFDOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory captured this view of Messier XX a compact open star cluster located near the Trifid Nebula. The cluster is relatively young and filled with faint low-mass stars. (Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA)"
X Link 2025-12-11T14:08Z 2.5M followers, 10.6K engagements
"Amazing: A new planet has emerged This image captures a freshly formed protoplanet (roughly the mass of Jupiter) orbiting the star HD 169142 As it travels through the stars disc the young planet sculpts a gap and creates a swirling spiral wake (Credit: ESO/Hammond et al.)"
X Link 2025-12-11T16:22Z 2.5M followers, 11.1K engagements
"The Remarkable Helix Nebula Located just XXX light-years from Earth this planetary nebula is among the closest known to us. (Credit: NASA NOAO ESA the Hubble Helix Nebula Team M. Meixner (STScI) and T.A. Rector)"
X Link 2025-12-11T18:22Z 2.5M followers, 12.7K engagements
"The beautiful Gum X nebula located about 3600 light-years away shines with hydrogen emissions in red and pink with dust reflecting blue light from starlight. (Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team. Ack.: CASU)"
X Link 2025-12-12T00:18Z 2.5M followers, 10.8K engagements
"Explainer: what dust from the Sahara does to you and the planet:"
X Link 2025-12-12T07:17Z 2.5M followers, 8396 engagements
"Do you get headaches when you havent had your coffee Here is why:"
X Link 2025-12-12T19:02Z 2.5M followers, 14.4K engagements
"Located in Scorpius the Cats Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) earns its name from its shape. Despite its position near the Milky Way's core its only about 5500 light-years away. (Credit: ESO/R. Gendler & R.M. Hannahoe)"
X Link 2025-12-13T09:52Z 2.5M followers, 2608 engagements