Comet NEOWISE over the Swiss Alps
Comet NEOWISE has been wowing photographers around much of the world during dawn and dusk, at the margins […]
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Comet NEOWISE over Stonehenge
Have you ever seen a comet? Tonight — and likely the next few nights — should be a […]
Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Adriatic Sea
This sight was worth getting out of bed early. Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) has been rising before dawn […]
Comet CG Creates Its Dust Tail
Where do comet tails come from? There are no obvious places on the nuclei of comets from which […]
Scientists Say You Can Cancel the Noise but Keep Your ...
Researchers in Singapore developed a system that’s sort of like noise-canceling headphones for your whole apartment. Published: July […]
Beyond the Milky Way, a Galactic Wall by Dennis Overbye
Astronomers have discovered a vast assemblage of galaxies hidden behind our own, in the “zone of avoidance.” Published: […]
The Tails of Comet NEOWISE
Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) is now sweeping through northern skies. Its developing tails stretch some six degrees across […]
Comet NEOWISE from the ISS
Rounding the Sun on July 3rd and currently headed for the outer Solar System, Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) […]
Noctilucent NEOWISE
These silvery blue waves washing over a tree-lined horizon in the eastern French Alps are noctilucent clouds. From […]
Mercurys Sodium Tail
What is that fuzzy streak extending from Mercury? Long exposures of our Solar System’s innermost planet may reveal […]