The Lonely Neutron Star in Supernova E0102 72.3
Why is this neutron star off-center? Recently a lone neutron star has been found within the debris left […]
Astronomy
55 Nights with Saturn
For 55 consecutive nights Mediterranean skies were at least partly clear this summer, from the 1st of July […]
The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty
This colorful skyscape spans about two full moons across nebula rich starfields along the plane of our Milky […]
M33: Triangulum Galaxy
The small, northern constellation Triangulum harbors this magnificent face-on spiral galaxy, M33. Its popular names include the Pinwheel […]
The Suns Spectrum with its Missing Colors
It is still not known why the Sun’s light is missing some colors. Here are all the visible […]
Highlights of the North Autumn Sky
What can you see in the night sky this season? The featured graphic gives a few highlights for […]
Rover 1A Hops on Asteroid Ryugu
Two small robots have begun hopping around the surface of asteroid Ryugu. The rovers, each the size of […]
Equinox: Analemma over the Callanish Stones
Does the Sun return to the same spot on the sky every day at the same time? No. […]
Window Seat over Hudson Bay
On the August 18 night flight from San Francisco to Zurich, a window seat offered this tantalizing view […]
Irregular Galaxy NGC 55
Irregular galaxy NGC 55 is thought to be similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). But while the […]