What is pareidolia? It is the psychological phenomenon where we see recognizable shapes in clouds, rock formations, or otherwise unrelated objects or data. via NASA https://ift.tt/3ngVbky

NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins tends to radish plants growing for the Plant Habitat-02 experiment. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Lkjpx6

Chaos at the Heart of the Orion Nebula via NASA https://ift.tt/3rHu8ST

Retrofuturistic NASA Space Art via NASA https://ift.tt/3nVtXkB

Dr. George Carruthers, right, and William Conway, a project manager at the Naval Research Institute, examine the gold-plated ultraviolet camera/spectrograph, the first moon-based observatory that Carruthers developed for the Apollo 16 mission. Apollo 16 astronauts placed the observatory on the moon in April 1972. via NASA https://ift.tt/2kwxJTs

Magnetic fields in NGC 1068, or M77, are shown as streamlines over a visible light and X-ray composite image of the galaxy. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Kx4Whj

The Moon, left, Saturn, upper right, and Jupiter, lower right, are seen after sunset with the Washington Monument, Thurs. Dec. 17, 2020, in Washington. via NASA https://ift.tt/2WpW3YX

This iconic picture shows Earth peeking out from beyond the lunar surface as the first crewed spacecraft circumnavigated the Moon. via NASA https://ift.tt/2LG0lcE

The newly revealed infant stars appear as pink and red specks toward the center and appear to have formed in regularly spaced intervals along linear structures. via NASA https://ift.tt/35QZqLP

Thousands of sparkling young stars are nestled within the giant nebula NGC 3603, one of the most massive young star clusters in the Milky Way Galaxy. NGC 3603, a prominent star-forming region in the Carina spiral arm of the Milky Way about 20,000 light-years away, reveals stages in the life cycle of stars. via NASA https://ift.tt/37AhIo1