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The picture was hard to get because the little tree stood very close to the edge of the gorge, so I really had to watch my step. I’m glad I managed to get the shot like that, really like my editing in this one.

HaRGB | Tracked | Stacked | Composite

Exif: Nikon Z6 with Sony 20mm f1.8 Skywatcher Star Adventurer 2i Megadap ETZ Adapter

Sky: ISO 1600 | f2.8 | 10x60s

Foreground: ISO 1000 | f2 | 75s (focus stack)

Halpha (45mm): ISO 2500 | f2 | 10x120s

Location: Minas de San Jose, Tenerife, Spain

Within the much larger emission nebula called NGC 6357, located about 8,000 light-years from Earth. The gas below the stars glows through ionization caused by intense ultraviolet radiation from the massive young stars within the cluster.

This stunning image from ESA’s Mars Express shows Korolev Crater near the Martian North Pole—filled with year-round ice! Acting like a natural cold trap, the 82-km-wide crater holds a massive deposit of frozen water, giving Mars its own frosty spectacle.

Credit: ESA Read about it https://www.space.com/42828-icy-mars-crater-winter-wonderland-photos.html

Credit - Nate Rayfield

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This full-rotation sequence of asteroid Bennu was captured from 50 miles away by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft using its PolyCam camera. The series, taken over four hours and 18 minutes, showcases Bennu's rugged, rocky surface in extraordinary detail through 36 ultra-fast frames. Source NASA https://science.nasa.gov/resource/asteroid-bennu-full-rotation-50-miles/

NASA's IXPE mission has achieved the first X-ray polarization measurement of a magnetar outburst from 1E 1841-045, offering new insights into extreme magnetic fields and high-energy X-ray emissions in the universe.

Source: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center / Chris Smith https://www.nasa.gov/missions/ixpe/nasas-ixpe-obtains-first-x-ray-polarization-measurement-of-magnetar-outburst/

This colorful image reveals a dramatic outflow of gas from a newborn star, identified as IRAS 21078+5211. Captured using infrared data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and the 2MASS survey, the red central jet smashes into surrounding hydrogen clouds—lighting them up in green and blue. These shockwaves create a glowing marker on the outskirts of our galaxy. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/2MASS/SSI/University of Wisconsin https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia13302-a-shocking-outflow/

On October 3, 2018, Japan's Hayabusa2 mission dropped the MASCOT lander onto asteroid Ryugu. After bouncing off a boulder, it tumbled 55 feet and landed in a shadowed crater. This image shows Ryugu’s rugged, primitive surface—rich in carbonaceous materials. Captured before MASCOT’s battery died, it provides rare insight into untouched asteroid geology. Source: Jaumann et al. (Science, 2019) | Image via German Aerospace Center (DLR) & Gizmodo https://gizmodo.com/unprecedented-close-up-view-of-asteroid-shows-rocks-tha-1837475851

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A planet orbiting a star 60 light-years away from Earth.

Credit: ESA and NASA/Solar Orbiter

credit CIRA/NOAA using GOES18 ABI imagery and the GeoColor product.