All systems go for launch of the JAXA Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) (and sample return) mission to the martian moons Phobos and Deimos, Monday Oct 19, at 19:41:03 UTC, from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. More at fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1174... #PlanetSci

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3D galaxy visualization of the COSMOS-Web field. Yes, the 8k+ planetarium version is even cooler. 🔭

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AstroBin's Image of the Day: "Lunar Occultation of Jupiter, October 6, 2026" by Benjamin Law www.astrobin.com/446eff/ #astrophotography

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#OTD 🔟 years ago, 19 October 2016, ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter entered Mars orbit, the second time that ESA has placed a spacecraft into orbit around the Red Planet 🧪 🔭 🔴 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... @sci.esa.int @operations.esa.int @esa.int

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This is Andromeda! In roughly 4.5 billion light years, we will collide with it. It has around 1 trillion stars! This image was taken with a Seestar S30 and was processed in AstroWizard. I hope you enjoy! @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social #astronomy

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