Total Solar Eclipse Shadow from a Balloon
Where were you during the Great American Eclipse of 2017? A year ago last week, over 100 million […]
Astronomy
Fire on Earth
Sometimes, regions of planet Earth light up with fire. Since fire is the rapid acquisition of oxygen, and […]
Stripping ESO 137-001
Spiral galaxy ESO 137-001 hurtles through massive galaxy cluster Abell 3627 some 220 million light years away. The […]
Comet Heart and Soul
The greenish coma of comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner stands out at the left of this telephoto skyscape spanning over 10 […]
Glowing Elements in the Soul Nebula
Stars are forming in the Soul of the Queen of Aethopia. More specifically, a large star forming region […]
Asperitas Clouds Over New Zealand
What kind of clouds are these? Although their cause is presently unknown, such unusual atmospheric structures, as menacing […]
Seeing Titan
Shrouded in a thick atmosphere, Saturn’s largest moon Titan really is hard to see. Small particles suspended in […]
Perseid Fireball and Persistent Train
Before local midnight on August 12, this brilliant Perseid meteor flashed above the Poloniny Dark Sky Park, Slovakia, […]
Launch of the Parker Solar Probe
When is the best time to launch a probe to the Sun? The now historic answer — which […]
M86 in the Central Virgo Cluster
Is there a bridge of gas connecting these two great galaxies? Quite possibly, but it is hard to […]