Comet ATLAS and the Mighty Galaxies
Comet ATLAS C/2019 Y4 was discovered by the NASA funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, the last comet […]
Astronomy
Morning, Planets, Moon, and Montreal
Dawn’s early light came to Montreal, northern planet Earth, on March 18, the day before the vernal equinox. […]
Anticrepuscular Rays over Florida
What’s happening behind those clouds? Although the scene may appear somehow supernatural, nothing more unusual is occurring than […]
M77: Spiral Galaxy with an Active Center
What’s happening in the center of nearby spiral galaxy M77? The face-on galaxy lies a mere 47 million […]
A Moon Dressed Like Saturn
Why does Saturn appear so big? It doesn’t — what is pictured are foreground clouds on Earth crossing […]
The Snows of Churyumov Gerasimenko
You couldn’t really be caught in this blizzard while standing by a cliff on Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Orbiting the comet […]
Moonrise and Mountain Shadow
What phase of the Moon is 3.14 radians from the Sun? The Full Moon, of course. Even though […]
Falcon 9 Boostback
Short star trails appear in this single 84 second long exposure, taken on March 6 from a rotating […]
An Extreme Black Hole Outburst
Astronomers believe they have now found the most powerful example of a black hole outburst yet seen in […]
Wide Field: Fox Fur, Unicorn, and Christmas Tree
What do the following things have in common: a cone, the fur of a fox, and a Christmas […]