Dragon Aurora over Iceland
Have you ever seen a dragon in the sky? Although real flying dragons don’t exist, a huge dragon-shaped […]
Astronomy
Opportunity at Perseverance Valley
Opportunity had already reached Perseverance Valley by June of 2018. Its view is reconstructed in a colorized mosaic […]
Solar System Family Portrait
On Valentine’s Day in 1990, cruising four billion miles from the Sun, the Voyager 1 spacecraft looked back […]
The Helix Nebula in Hydrogen and Oxygen
Is the Helix Nebula looking at you? No, not in any biological sense, but it does look quite […]
Plane Crossing a Crescent Moon
No, this is not a good way to get to the Moon. What is pictured is a chance […]
Venus Unveiled
What does Venus look like beneath its thick clouds? These clouds keep the planet’s surface hidden from even […]
Comet Iwamoto and the Sombrero Galaxy
Comet Iwamoto (C/2018 Y1), shows off a pretty, greenish coma at the upper left in this telescopic field […]
Moon and Venus Appulse over a Tree
What’s that bright spot near the Moon? Venus. About a week ago, Earth’s Moon appeared unusually close to […]
Perijove 16: Passing Jupiter
Watch Juno zoom past Jupiter again. NASA‘s robotic spacecraft Juno is continuing on its 53-day, highly-elongated orbits around […]
Henize 70: A Superbubble in the LMC
Massive stars profoundly affect their galactic environments. Churning and mixing interstellar clouds of gas and dust, stars — […]