A Cosmic Rose: The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros
The Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237, is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the […]
Astronomy
First Horizon Scale Image of a Black Hole
What does a black hole look like? To find out, radio telescopes from around the Earth coordinated observations […]
Martian Moon Phobos Crosses the Sun
What’s that passing in front of the Sun? It looks like a moon, but it can’t be Earth’s […]
Moon Occults Saturn
Sometimes Saturn disappears. It doesn’t really go away, though, it just disappears from view when our Moon moves […]
AZURE Vapor Tracers over Norway
What’s happening in the sky? The atmosphere over northern Norway appeared quite strange for about 30 minutes last […]
ISS from Wallasey
After sunset on March 28, the International Space Station climbed above the western horizon, as seen from Wallasey, […]
Pan STARRS Across the Sky
This astronomical sky spanning view is a mosaic from the Pan-STARRS observatory. The images were recorded with its […]
Messier 2
After the Crab Nebula, M1, this giant star cluster is the second entry in 18th century astronomer Charles […]
Wisps Surrounding the Horsehead Nebula
The famous Horsehead Nebula in Orion is not alone. A deep exposure shows that the dark familiar shaped […]
Astronaut Kicks Lunar Field Goal
Score three points for NASA. With time running out late in Apollo 15‘s mission to the Moon in […]