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Minerva
@starfarer-studio.space
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Gamer, writer, mediocre artist, ChapStick connoisseur. Actual cat in humanoid form. Probably from space.

Catch me on Twitch playing mostly older classics with some newer titles mixed in! Vibes are very chill. https://www.twitch.tv/spacecreatureix
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jdpereira.bsky.social
That’s no moon! That’s a spa.. oh no never mind it’s a moon.
January 28, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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goflaherty.bsky.social
Messier 34 (M34), artistically rendered from a Seestar S30 capture. The sky has been deepened to push contrast, letting cool blue stars and warmer orange members stand out across the field, giving the open cluster a more dramatic, cinematic feel.
#astrophotography
Artistically processed wide-field astrophotograph of the open star cluster Messier 34. The background sky is deepened to near black with subtle blue tones, increasing contrast. Bright blue-white stars dominate the central cluster, while numerous smaller yellow and orange stars are scattered across the field, creating a vivid, high-contrast, cinematic appearance.
January 27, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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allthegalaxies.galaxyzoo.org
A spiral galaxy, observed with the Hubble Space Telescope in the COSMOS survey.

It is at redshift 0.44 (lookback time 4.75 billion years) with coordinates (149.86801, 2.35185).

53 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo: Hubble.
A spiral galaxy from the Galaxy Zoo: Hubble project, classified by 53 volunteers.
January 27, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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peterlewis55.bsky.social
A sequence of last night's superb occultation by the Moon of the Pleiades! 6 images captured over a 3 hour duration using a Dwarf3 smart scope. Very tricky to get this right without any fancy composite processes
#astronomy #astrophotography
@stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social
Each image was created by using the Dwarf3 smart scope. 350 x 0.8 second exposures. Gain of 40.
January 28, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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zapproductions.bsky.social
Street Movement • Austin, Texas, USA

Rolleiflex 3.5 MX-EVS • Kodak Tri-X 400 • 2026

#FilmPhotography #Kodak #TriX #Camera #Film120 #MediumFormat #Rolleiflex #BWfilm #Monochrome #Photography #ATX #TX #Downtown #Austin #Texas #People #Movement #Skeleton #Sixth #Street #Outdoors #January_21_2026
A black-and-white film photo. As a giant skeleton looks on, two people walk down the sidewalk while a bar bouncer plays an inflatable guitar on Sixth Street in downtown Austin, Texas. Wednesday, January 21, 2026.
January 28, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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sophiefrommars.bsky.social
The placement of Jupiter's moons around it tonight is really pretty. I have some pictures from my DSLR that are better but this one was with my phone
January 28, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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ianriddler.bsky.social
Pretty Lights

Grabbed this from the archives, it's the big May 11, 2024 storm.
It's one of the better ones that I have showing the Auroral Dunes formation.

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#Twizel, #NewZealand
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"Looks with your eyes, See with your Soul."

#Aurora #Nightscape #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #BucketList
January 28, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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thestarshipentity.bsky.social
M78: Reflecting Blue in a Sea of Red apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26012...
In the Orion Molecular Cloud complex, several bright blue nebulas are particularly apparent. Pictured here in the center are 2 of the most prominent reflection nebulas - dust clouds lit by reflecting light of bright embedded stars
January 28, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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brymo.bsky.social
Nighttime On Another World
#747 taken 8:49 #photograghy
#art
#macro
#abstract
#abalone
Macro photograph of an abalone shell
January 27, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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hotpaper.bsky.social
Man ponders if he is still a good person if helping others benefits him. The universe answers and tells him: 'Be kind, I don't care why'
January 26, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
The universe is too fucking fabulous for capitalism and Nazis y’all
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst...
JWST unveils most intricate map yet of cosmic dark matter
Astronomers puzzled out minuscule distortions in images of faraway galaxies taken by JWST in order to chart the invisible
www.scientificamerican.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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davidwilliampippy.bsky.social
Good morning!
"Northern Fire" from Nova Scotia photographed by Chris Kelly..
January 26, 2026 at 12:07 PM
starfarer-studio.space
And my FAVORITE Zelda, at that! 🍵
retrogameart.bsky.social Retro Game Art 🎮🖼️☃️🎄🎁 @retrogameart.bsky.social · 1d
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess artwork (2005)

#retro #art #gaming #Zelda
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January 27, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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hourlycosmos.bsky.social
Yutu - 2013-01-13 - From Aster Cowart (terrasabaea.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/DKD5Cp
360 degree mosaic acquired by the Yutu Rover's Panoramic Camera (PCAM) on January 13, 2013. These images were acquired as part of Observation 8, near Dragon Rock. Image Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences / China National Space Administration / The Science and Application Center for Moon and Deepspace Exploration / Justin Cowart
January 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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arpbot.bsky.social
JWST image of Arp 16, also known as M66.

This image was taken as part of the PHANGS program, to learn how the small details of how stars form influence the large structures of galaxies.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Lee (STScI), T. Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
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A face-on barred spiral galaxy anchored by its central region, which has a bright blue central dot surrounded by a lighter diagonal blue bar structure made of a haze of stars, which forms an angled oval toward the top. The central core and bar fill about a third of the image. Two distinct spiny spiral arms made of stars, gas, and dust also start at the center, appearing brown or greenish within the blue bar, and extending to the edges, rotating clockwise in bright oranges. The brightest areas of the arms are two large arcs that start at the central region. The one at left stretches up to the top in a long arc and another at right extends toward the bottom. Scattered across the packed scene are bright blue pinpoints of light, which are stars spread throughout the galaxy. In areas where there is less orange, it is darker. A triangular area at bottom right is largely the black background of space.
January 26, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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philplait.bsky.social
JWST has taken a lot of cool images, but this one is near the top of my list: thousands (!) of creepy fingers point toward a dying star in the Helix Nebula.

The close-up is… well, just look for yourself.

badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/inside-the...

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Inside the Helix Nebula: JWST image shows thousands of creepy fingers around a dying star
Plus: My 200th article for Scientific American
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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badartbeatnik.bsky.social
Building

#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #architecture #medellín #nikon
January 27, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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arrontk.bsky.social
When you finally beat that difficult video game boss but then he stands back up and the music changes.
January 26, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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justinthedark.bsky.social
Horsehead Nebula (IC434)

A filter mix-up on my #seestar S50 left me with broadband + narrowband data, so I combined them instead of tossing 1,000 subs. This is a total of 2008 x 20 second subs.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space
www.justinthedark.com
The Horsehead Nebula appears as a dark, horse-shaped silhouette cutting into a glowing red cloud of hydrogen gas, surrounded by faint blue and gold stars scattered across the winter night sky.
January 27, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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lkcreations.art
Daily sketch 🗻🥷🐈‍⬛️

Can you spot the cat ?

I'm gonna take a nap, bye

#art #artsky #ink #sketch
Photo of a table with a sketch on it and 4 pens. The sketch is blue mountains and cliffs in the background and in the foreground two big vertival cliffs connecting by a bridge. On the bridge stands a little samurai silhouette. Somewhere hides a cat. Indian ink on paper
January 27, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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paullecomtephoto.nz
Bonkers panorama of last week's massive Tahu-nui-a-rangi #Aurora Australis

Niagara Falls, Caitlins, New Zealand
Nikon Z7ii 20mmS F/1.8 2sec ISO800 X5 frame panorama
21st Jan 2026, 12:30am
Kp9 G3/4 geomagnetic storm

#Aurora #AuroraAustralis
a 5 frame panorama of a massive aurora australis
January 27, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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sciam.bsky.social
This black hole is erupting again for the first time in 100 million years
Back from the dead, a black hole is erupting after a 100-million-year hiatus
Radio images captured this “cosmic volcano” being reborn at the heart of the galaxy J1007+3540
www.scientificamerican.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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thestarshipentity.bsky.social
Hubble Observes Ghostly Cloud Alive with Star Formation www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
While this eerie NASA Hubble Space Telescope image may look ghostly, it’s actually full of new life. Lupus 3 is a star-forming cloud about 500 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius.
January 26, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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cityspaceastro.bsky.social
NGC 2264-The Christmas Tree Cluster.

Data from 2024 reprocessed in HOO

Esprit 100ED, ASI294 MC Pro, Optolong L-Ultimate dual narrowband filter.

#astronomy #astrophotography
January 26, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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palomarskies.bsky.social
High clouds tonight but I was able to catch the Moon and Jupiter (with Europa). 🔭
A telescope photo of the Moon in the first quarter phase showing many impact craters and smooth, dark lunar plains. A telescopic image of Jupiter which has parallel stripes of clouds that are shades of brown, white and tan in color. A spot of light just above and right of Jupiter is its moon Europa.
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 AM