r/MilkyWayPlayground

This is an RGB color-composite made from images taken by NASA's Opportunity rover on May 6, 2004

Before reentering Earth’s atmosphere at the end of Artemis II, the Orion spacecraft’s crew module — carrying the astronauts — separated from the service module that provided propulsion and power throughout the mission.

Credit: NASA

At the end of April, Curiosity’s drill bit got stuck in a rock, leading to unprecedented efforts to free it and an unprecedented look at a surface hidden from view for millions or maybe billions of years.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/NeV-T

Link to a high-res image on ESA website

A spiral galaxy shown in mid-infrared light. The image is dominated by an extremely bright glow from the galaxy’s nucleus. Six large and two smaller rays of light emit from the centre, which are diffraction spikes created by the telescope’s optics.

The galaxy’s spiral arms are visible by two lines of glowing orange bubbles which whirl out into the disc. Swirling blue clouds of dust make up the rest of the galaxy.

Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Leroy