This is what the Ingenuity helicopter's final landing site on Mars looks like. Now it will stand there until it is found by people from the future. By the way, they named this valley - "Immortal Lands".

The Sun has experienced the largest flare in seven years. NASA published a photo of the star.The new flare is the third in less than 24 hours.

Earth's daily rotation 🌍 Clearly.

Black holes

Astronomers estimate the number of black holes in our Galaxy to be between 100 million and 1 billion, drifting peacefully and unnoticed across the galaxy.

This is what the solar eclipse looks like from the ISS. Huge moon shadow from over Turkey😲

Observations are getting clearer every year 😄

Moths flying into the light? No, they're stars near a giant black hole at the heart of the Milky Way💫.

Of course, this is not happening in real time. This is a timelapse taken by the Telescope in Chile over a period of 20 years🔭

It is from this movement of stars that scientists were able to confirm the theory that there is a supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy.

Solar prominences and Earth to scale ☀️

Astronomers have discovered a planet whose existence was previously thought impossible🤯

The discovery of the exoplanet LHS 3154b was announced in the journal Science.
The mass of LHS 3154b is 13 times greater than Earth's, and its star - a cold dwarf LHS 3154 - is nine times smaller than the Sun. According to current theory, the star would have to be at least 10 times larger to give birth to such a large planet.

A couple of times a year, the ISS orbit passes along the line separating day and night. At such times, the station is not in the Earth's shadow and the day on the station lasts longer than usual, while the Sun makes these circular movements over the Earth's surface.

1 hour of movement of all artificial satellites of the Earth

This is what a vertical landing looks like

On Monday, 8 April, it will be possible to observe a total solar eclipse on Earth. The eclipse will begin over the South Pacific and reach the Pacific coast of Mexico at about 11:07 a.m. local time. It will then be visible in the United States. The Moon's shadow will gradually move northwards until it reaches Canada.

Size comparison between Starship, Crew Dragon, Space Shuttle and Tesla Cybertruck

Animation of the Apophis asteroid approaching Earth on 13 April 2029.

The blue dots indicate satellites, the lilac line is the ISS orbit.

Apophis will pass from Earth at a distance of only 1/10 the distance to the Moon. The size of the rock is estimated to be between 270 and 340 metres. Previously, astronomers were quite high on the chances of Apophis colliding with Earth, but after more accurate calculations and clarification of the asteroid's orbit, it became clear that the collision will not happen

"Voyager-2" became the second farthest from the Earth, overtaking the "Pioneer-10" 🛰

In early April 2024, the Voyager 2 spacecraft overtook the Pioneer 10 probe to become the second most distant human-made object from Earth. The first place keeps the twin brother of Voyager-2 - automatic interplanetary station Voyager-1.

According to the Heavens-above portal, as of April 4, 2024, Voyager-2 is 136.214 astronomical units (or 20.377 billion kilometres) away from Earth, while Pioneer-10 is 136.193 astronomical units (20.374 billion kilometres) away.

"Pioneer 10", which was launched in 1972 (five years earlier than "Voyager 2") became the first spacecraft in history to cross the asteroid belt and perform a flyby of Jupiter. Communication with the probe was lost in early 2003.

"Voyager-2", which flew near all the giant planets of the solar system, still works and sends scientific data to Earth.