Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3 Stereo View
Put on your red/blue glasses and gaze across the western Ocean of Storms on the surface of the […]
Astronomy
Orion Rising
Looking toward the east in the early hours of a September morning this single exposure made with tripod […]
Simeis 147: Supernova Remnant
It’s easy to get lost following the intricate looping filaments in this detailed image of supernova remnant Simeis […]
Arp 273: Battling Galaxies from Hubble
What’s happening to these spiral galaxies? Although details remain uncertain, there sure seems to be a titanic battle […]
Milky Way over Uruguayan Lighthouse
Can a lighthouse illuminate a galaxy? No, but in the featured image, gaps in light emanating from the […]
Passing Asteroid Arrokoth
What would it look like to pass asteroid Arrokoth? The robotic New Horizons spacecraft zoomed past Arrokoth in […]
Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud
How do stars form? To help find out, astronomers created this tantalizing false-color composition of dust clouds and […]
The Star Streams of NGC 5907
Grand tidal streams of stars seem to surround galaxy NGC 5907. The arcing structures form tenuous loops extending […]
M16 and the Eagle Nebula
A star cluster around 2 million years young surrounded by natal clouds of dust and glowing gas, M16 […]
NGC 3717: A Nearly Sideways Spiral Galaxy
Some spiral galaxies are seen nearly sideways. Most bright stars in spiral galaxies swirl around the center in […]