Comet Halley vs Comet SWAN
The pre-dawn hours of May 3rd were moonless as grains of cosmic dust streaked through southern skies above […]
Astronomy
Jupiter in Infrared from Gemini
In infrared, Jupiter lights up the night. Recently, astronomers at the Gemini North Observatory in Hawaii, USA, created […]
Lyrid Meteors from the Constellation Lyra
Where are all of these meteors coming from? In terms of direction on the sky, the pointed answer […]
Behind Betelgeuse
What’s behind Betelgeuse? One of the brighter and more unusual stars in the sky, the red supergiant star […]
The Porpoise Galaxy from Hubble
What’s happening to this spiral galaxy? Just a few hundred million years ago, NGC 2936, the upper of […]
Full Flower Moonrise
Rising as the Sun set, the Moon was bright and full in planet Earth skies on May 7 […]
Long Tailed Comet SWAN
Blowing in the solar wind the spectacular ion tail of Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) extends far across this […]
Analemma of the Moon
An analemma is that figure-8 curve you get when you mark the position of the Sun at the […]
LDN 1471: A Windblown Star Cavity
What is the cause of this unusual parabolic structure? This illuminated cavity, known as LDN 1471, was created […]
Carina in Perspective
You need to be in the south, looking south, to see such a sky. And only then if […]