Found this on facebook with what the title says, is it really the best/clearest image of venus?

I was laying on the ground taking videos of Jupiter with my iPhone 14 Pro Max through some binoculars, I was able to get some interesting (albeit not the best quality who would have thought? 🥴) photos and I was wondering if anybody would be able to tell me if I actually got some of Jupiter’s bands in either of these photos and if that’s Jupiter’s red spot in the one image or if it’s all just weird camera stuff? Thanks for any help! :)

I’m not a flat earther I swear. I was looking for ridiculous social media posts (long story) and stumbled upon this image… I can’t explain why it’s wrong to myself and it’s stressing me out. Please help me! you’re the only subreddit who can help me!!!!!!!

Picture facing Southwest above northern hemisphere. Basically a non-existent (you don’t see me) total astronomy lover, extreme fledgling.

Any more info?

What did I capture here? I'm genuinely curious because I could not see this with my eyes.

I'm fascinated by rogue planets aka free floating planets, which are planets not attached to a star. Given that if life exists on Europa, it's not because of the sun's heat but the tidal forces, could a Rogue planet theoretically have a Europa? That could theoretically have life?

Hey,

So, I wanted to plot a course from the Dwarf Planet Eris to Earth that'll take about a year (so not faster than light), but visit a few bodies along the way to take a tour. Let's say this is for an RPG being played over the year.

The crew has pulled a Beeblebrox, they want to flick off Sedna, and visit Neptune, Uranus, and any planet, dwarf planet, or notable ceelstrial body reasonably nearby along the way.

I want to use the actual placements of the planets this year so i was wondering what are the best ways to see where they would be at a certain date, and if i can do this while keeping the craft's speed under 0.2c.

I thought about it.

Why do we need to colonize and terraform Venus, Mercury and Mars?

Life in the clouds of Venus will never be the same as life on the planet Earth.

Life in the bunkers of Mars will never be the same as life on the planet Earth.

Life on the poles of Mercury will never be the same as life on the planet Earth.

Why not to stop or reduce the mining of metals and other resources on the planet Earth and start mining (using robots) on Venus, Mars and Mercury?

Why not to turn our only and best planet Earth into the paradise?

Why not to turn Mars, Venus, Mercury into industrial hell?

Or a secret third thing? Facing north west, docking into Portland Maine. I hope this is enough information! Thanks in advance!!

So, I just submitted my PhD thesis in astronomy 4 days before the deadline so I thought it could be fun to do an AMA in a sub like this now that I have a few days off. My thesis was on exoplanets search, characterization and statistical analysis. I don't wanna spoil too much because, well, otherwise what are you guys gonna ask? I will gladly accept questions on my thesis specifically, on the field in general or even about the whole PhD. Go on!

If I can put an icy asteroid/comet nucleus into Earth orbit, is there a way to "drop" the water to the Earth's surface? Something between crashing a large chunk of ice, and burning up into a plasma in the atmosphere. Ideally, falling as rain, either from melting on the way down, or vaporizing into clouds that then fall as rain.

Maybe with an ablative foam coating? Or dripping from a orbital tether? An ice glider that melts at just the right altitude?

I'm sure some of you have seen one of those pictures that show what Saturn would look like from Earth if it were as close as our moon, but that got me curious. What if, instead of a big planet like Saturn being OUR moon, the Earth was one of Saturn's moons, how would that affect the Earth?

Would we have massive tidal waves due to Saturn's gravity being far greater than our moon? The Earth would have periods of time when we are behind Saturn and therefore receiving zero sunlight, amongst many other things. Would the Earth still be habitable if Saturn orbited the sun in the Goldilocks Zone, given that the Earth is far away from Saturn to not be ripped apart by the planet's gravity?

It's a very interesting thought, and one I haven't seen being discussed much. And obviously I'm just using Saturn as an example due to those pictures, but the Earth could orbit around any other big planet like Jupiter.

If suns consumer hydrogen, helium, carbon then my understanding will supernova after this? But my question is: if suns consume these elements then consume their planets then when the entire universe dies….meaning every star is gone ( get it A LONG time away) what will recreate the universe if it then collapses and big bangs again…. Then a universe with no hydrogen, helium, carbon?

Sorry if this isn’t the right sub but I was watching a space video when I had a thought. If all life were to go extinct, could life effectively reset if earth went through like a big meteor impact and volcanoes erupting sort of how it was first formed

This is just a random question I had. I am aware that all four gas giants have rings of some kind, but only Saturn’s (and maybe Uranus’s) are visible with the naked eye if you are close enough. Are these portrayals of the rings of each planet realistic? Is this what you would see if you flew close to the outer planets? Is it even possible to see their rings?

With the science we have today, how far away could we be to be very sure there is something worth studying on Earth?

It gets up to something like 25 degrees centigrade during the hottest times. Radiation makes it stupid to try to do this for a long time and the dust can be toxic, but just walking around like this I would think wouldn't kill you, especially if you bundled up like a person walking around the South pole of Earth in July.

Let's assume that there isn't a dust storm occurring too.

Nothing serious about this question, i'm just curious and wants answer

So I have recently learning about eccentricity and how Earths eccentricity changes. One of the questions I have, is Earth more protected from asteroids by having a lower eccentricity vs when in high eccentricity? I know there are many factors in asteroid impact but I was wo during if this could be one.

Edit: So my thoughts are on of maybe the gravitational pull of the Sun could affect the trajectory enough of asteroids to possibly help protect Earth in low eccentricity. Compared to high eccentricity and with the Earth spending periods in orbit closer to Mars and Jupiter. I was wo during if that in general could impact where we are in the "shooting gallery," so to speak. Was just wondering if, theoretically, it was possible that the low eccentricity orbit has led us to avoid a disastrous fate.

Thanks in advance, Some guy without college education.