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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 12h

Look to the night sky just before dawn or after dusk at certain times of year, and you may spot a faint column of light rising from the horizon. This eerie glow is called zodiacal light, created when sunlight reflects off countless tiny dust particles in space. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Powerful winds. Exploding stars. New beginnings. This Hubble view of nebula N44 reveals how stars reshape their surroundings, sweeping gas into a glowing shell where more stars are taking shape. (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Gouliermis)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A view of Neptune’s south pole… (Credit: NASA/JPL)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A Fascinating Dual View of the Sombrero Galaxy: Hubble and Webb The smooth inner disc shines through Webb’s lens, while Hubble brings the glowing central bulge into focus (Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), N. Bartmann - ESA/Webb)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Stunning: Webb took a closer look at Arp 263, an irregular galaxy transformed by a galactic merger 25 million light-years from Earth. (Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Leroy)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A celestial hawk seems to take flight across the stars in this striking view of RCW 36. Deep inside, newborn massive stars light up clouds of glowing blue gas, while hidden brown dwarfs quietly occupy the shadows. (Credit: ESO/A. R. G. do Brito do Vale et al.)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A stunning glimpse into the Vela constellation! These glowing filaments are the remains of a stellar explosion that occurred around 11,000 years ago. (Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team. Acknowledgement: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Located 2,500 light-years from Earth, the Circinus West molecular cloud sweeps across the scene like a cosmic shadow. Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA - Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), D. de Martin & M. Kosari (NSF NOIRLab)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Fascinating: Glowing hydrogen, dense dust lanes, massive stars, and generations of younger and older stars fill the complex nebula N44. (Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: NASA, ESA, V. Ksoll and D. Gouliermis et al.; Processing: Gladys Kobe

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Deep within the Chamaeleon I dark molecular cloud, some 630 light-years from Earth, cold wisps of material glow blue in infrared light. Their illumination comes from Ced 110 IRS 4, a young protostar with active outflows, glowing orange at upper left. (Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA/M. Zamani)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A glimpse into stellar creation. Infrared light reveals the Eagle Nebula in remarkable detail, from the towering Pillars of Creation to the bright young stars of NGC 6611 and the countless stars scattered beyond. Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: ESO/M.McCaughrean & M.Andersen (AIP)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Meet Hoag’s Object, a galaxy that shouldn’t look like this Its enormous ring contains billions of stars Most ring galaxies are created by collisions between galaxies. But in this case, a collision appears unlikely So what created it? We still don’t know (Credit: NASA/(STScI/AURA)/Ray A. Lucas)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The spectacular star-forming region RCW 108 in Ara RCW 108 is a dense molecular cloud undergoing dramatic change as intense ultraviolet radiation from massive stars in nearby NGC 6193 strips away its material. The cluster can be seen on the left. (Credit: ESO)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A stellar nursery comes to life… Webb’s view of FS Tau reveals young protostars forming amid glowing gas and dust, while countless distant galaxies shine in the background. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. Image Processing: A. Pagan (STScI)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Gorgeous: Just beyond the Milky Way lies the Small Magellanic Cloud, home to the brilliant star-forming region NGC 346. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Murray, N. Bartmann (ESA/Hubble)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Gorgeous: The very colourful star cluster known as NGC 3532 At around 300 million years old, NGC 3532 reveals stars at very different stages of their lives, creating this remarkable mix of blue and orange light. (Credit: ESO, G. Beccan)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Beautiful: HL Tauri's region, nestled in a close star-forming area filled with emerging stars and dust… (Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Spectacular: Countless Galaxies in a Single View! What looks like a field of tiny lights is actually a vast collection of galaxies. Nearly every glowing point in this image is a galaxy in its own right. (Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A stunning face-on view of NGC 5335, a flocculent spiral galaxy adorned with patchy streams of star formation scattered across its disk. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, N. Bartmann (ESA/Hubble)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

NGC 6188, or the Firebird Nebula, is a striking region of gas and dust situated in the constellation Ara, roughly 4,100 light-years from Earth. It hosts the young star cluster NGC 6193. (Credit: ESO/VVVX survey)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Fascinating: NGC 2775 does not fit neatly into one galactic category. Its smooth, gas-poor centre resembles an elliptical galaxy, while its dusty outer ring looks more like a spiral. (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, F. Belfiore, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Serene on the surface, chaotic underneath… JW39 drifts through a hostile galaxy cluster, where intense pressure tears away its gas and leaves glowing trails of star formation behind. (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gullieuszik and the GASP team)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Spectacular: These radiant red clouds spotlight zones of dense gas in RCW 106 where stars are emerging. However, just 1% of this gas will ultimately become stars. (Credit: ESO/M. Mattern et al.)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In the Small Magellanic Cloud, a huge star has exploded as a supernova, dissipating its interior into a spectacular display of colourful filaments (The greenish-blue shell of debris just below the center of this image) Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A truly Spectacular view of LBN 777, the Baby Eagle Nebula** Its distinctive brown hue is caused by dense dust particles suspended within interstellar gas. (Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) - Video by Universal-Sci)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Fascinating: The Cartwheel Galaxy is a rare lenticular galaxy classified as a ring galaxy - an unusual structure formed as a result of a head-on galactic collision... (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Among the countless shapes and sizes galaxies can take, spiral galaxies stand out as some of the most visually striking. NGC 2985 is one such galaxy, found over 70 million light-years away in Ursa Major. (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. Ho)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A spectacular view of N159! Nestled within these dense clouds, newly born stars are beginning to radiate light. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Indebetouw, N. Bartmann (ESA/Hubble)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

A breathtaking view of Earth from the ISS Cloud tops are illuminated just after an orbital sunrise (Credit: NASA Johnson)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A new star may be taking shape within this billowing cosmic cloud. As CB 130-3 collapses under gravity, its material can gather until the conditions required for hydrogen fusion are reached. (Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA & STScI, C. Britt, T. Huard, A. Pagan)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Far beyond Earth, two stars are creating something remarkable. HFG1 is a planetary nebula produced by V664 Cas, a binary system moving rapidly through the Milky Way. Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

One image, two very different distances. Stephan’s Quintet appears to be a single galactic gathering, but NGC 7320 at the top-centre is roughly eight times closer than the interacting galaxies beyond it. (Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A mind blowing perspective: Earth compared to a solar eruption... (Credit: NASA)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Amazing: The James Webb Space Telescope is giving us a remarkable view of weather on another world, capturing clouds as they evolve above Titan. (Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Webb Titan GTO Team / Alyssa Pagan - STScI)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A stunning infrared view of the star formation region Messier 8, often called the Lagoon Nebula! (Credit: ESO/VVV - Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

In this vivid infrared view, the barred spiral galaxy NGC 2283 (located 45 million light-years from Earth) displays glowing star clusters, turbulent gas clouds, and fresh evidence of supernova events. (Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Leroy)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Messier 88 is a spiral galaxy on a dramatic journey through the Virgo Cluster. At its heart, a supermassive black hole 100 million times the mass of the Sun (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker and the MAUVE-HST Team)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Gorgeous: NGC 3603 is a starburst region (a cosmic factory where new stars erupt from sprawling clouds of gas and dust) situated roughly 22,000 light‑years from the Sun. (Credit: ESO)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A glimpse into the cosmos from 1997. Captured by the Burrell Schmidt telescope at Case Western Reserve’s observatory, the Rosette Nebula shines through imperfect weather and technical challenges. (Credit: N.A. Sharp/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Behold the mesmerizing Bullseye Galaxy! This colossal cosmic wonder, also known as LEDA 1313424, showcases nine radiant, star-filled rings, formed when a much smaller blue dwarf galaxy pierced its heart like an arrow 50 million years ago. (Credit: NASA, ESA, Ralf Crawford-STScI)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Amidst a celestial canvas splashed with myriad stars, the Gum 41 nebula stands out as a quintessential Strömgren sphere, its hydrogen gas glowing vibrantly under the influence of the radiation from its central star. (Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team. Acknowlegement: CASU)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The stunning Crescent Nebula, also known as NGC 6888, is a glowing shell of gas energized by powerful stellar winds from the Wolf-Rayet star WR 136 (the bright star at its core).. Credit: T.A. Rector (NRAO/AUI/NSF and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Nature creates art on a cosmic scale. NGC 2818 glows in vivid red, green, and blue as Hubble captures light from nitrogen, hydrogen, and oxygen Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Stunning: HH 49/50 Over thousands of years, its boundary will move outward, eventually visually covering the distant background galaxy from Earth's viewpoint, demonstrating the dynamic, changing nature of astronomical phenomena. (Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, NASA-JPL, SSC)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A rose made of galaxies... This is Arp 273, where two galaxies are transforming one another from 300 million light-years away. Their gravitational encounter has pulled the larger galaxy into a remarkable rose-like shape. (Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team, STSc/IAURA)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Fascinating: A shadowy filament in Ophiuchus, DN 1768, cocoons embryonic stars. These protostars emit a soft submillimeter glow as they edge toward the moment of nuclear ignition. (Credit: ESO)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A stunning view of supernova remnant DEM L 190 shows colourful filaments of debris from a massive star’s explosion. (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Kulkarni, Y. Chu)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Spectacular: This towering pillar of gas and dust stretches three light-years through space, slowly sculpted by the fierce radiation of nearby stars. Captured in near-infrared light by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (Credit: NASA, ESA, Mario Livio, Hubble 20th Anniversary Team - STScI)

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

In the vast expanse of space, NGC 5410 stands out with its sprawling spiral arms contrasting with the smaller, irregular-shaped UGC 8932, both connected by a delicate stream of stars Credit: NASA/ESA/D. Bowen (Princeton University)/Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

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