Interstellar Interloper 2I Borisov
After the 2017 detecton of 1I/’Oumuamua, comet 2I/Borisov has become the second recognized interstellar interloper. Like ‘Oumuamua, Borisov’s […]
Astronomy
Moons of Saturn
On July 29, 2011 the Cassini spacecraft’s narrow-angle camera took this snapshot and captured 5 of Saturn’s moons, […]
The Galaxy Above
Have you contemplated your home galaxy lately? If your sky looked like this, perhaps you’d contemplate it more […]
Andromeda before Photoshop
What does the Andromeda galaxy really look like? The featured image shows how our Milky Way Galaxy‘s closest […]
A Stellar Jewel Box: Open Cluster NGC 290
Jewels don’t shine this bright — only stars do. Like gems in a jewel box, though, the stars […]
Interplanetary Earth
In an interplanetary first, on July 19, 2013 Earth was photographed on the same day from two other […]
Planet Earth at Blue Hour
Nature photographers and other fans of planet Earth always look forward to the blue hour. That’s the transition […]
Mid Air Meteor and Milky Way
On September 24, a late evening commercial flight from Singapore to Australia offered stratospheric views of the southern […]
NGC 7714: Starburst after Galaxy Collision
Is this galaxy jumping through a giant ring of stars? Probably not. Although the precise dynamics behind the […]
Sprite Lightning in HD
This phenomenon occurs in the sky over our heads, not the sea. It is a type of lightning […]