Meteor Borealis
Meteor Borealis Date: 2024-08-16 A single exposure made with a camera pointed almost due north on August 12 recorded this bright Perseid meteor in the night sky west of…
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Late Night Vallentuna
Late Night Vallentuna Date: 2024-08-15 Bright Mars and even brighter Jupiter are in close conjunction just above the pine trees in this post-midnight skyscape from…
NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula
NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula Date: 2024-07-25 These cosmic clouds have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile starfields of the constellation Cepheus. Called the Iris…
Exaggerated Moon
Exaggerated Moon Date: 2024-07-24 Our Moon doesn't really have craters this big. Earth's Moon, Luna, also doesn't naturally show this spikey texture, and its colors are more…
King of Wings Hoodoo under the Milky Way
King of Wings Hoodoo under the Milky Way Date: 2024-07-21 This rock structure is not only surreal -- it's real. Perhaps the reason it's not more famous is that it is smaller…
Villarrica Volcano Against the Sky
Villarrica Volcano Against the Sky Villarrica Volcano Against the Sky Date: 2024-07-17 When Vulcan, the Roman god of fire, swings his blacksmith's hammer, the sky is lit on…
The Tadpole Galaxy from Hubble
The Tadpole Galaxy from Hubble Date: 2024-07-15 Why does this galaxy have such a long tail? In this stunning vista, based on image data from the Hubble Legacy Archive…
Meteor Misses Galaxy
Meteor Misses Galaxy Date: 2024-07-14 The galaxy was never in danger. For one thing, the Triangulum galaxy (M33), pictured, is much bigger than the tiny grain of rock at the…
Solar System Family Portrait
Solar System Family Portrait Date: 2024-07-13 In 1990, cruising four billion miles from the Sun, the Voyager 1 spacecraft looked back to make this first ever Solar System…
Jones-Emberson 1
Jones-Emberson 1 Date: 2024-07-12 Planetary nebula Jones-Emberson 1 is the death shroud of a dying Sun-like star. It lies some 1,600 light-years from Earth toward the…