The Pencil Nebula in Red and Blue
This shock wave plows through interstellar space at over 500,000 kilometers per hour. Near the top and moving […]
Astronomy
Meteor before Galaxy
What’s that green streak in front of the Andromeda galaxy? A meteor. While photographing the Andromeda galaxy in […]
Moon, Mars, and Milky Way
Just two weeks ago, dark skies over the desert in northern Iran held this alluring celestial vista. The […]
Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744
Beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 6744 is nearly 175,000 light-years across, larger than our own Milky Way. It lies […]
Eclipsed Moon and Mars over Mountains
There is something unusual about this astronomically-oriented photograph. It’s not obvious — it was discovered only during post-processing. […]
Live: Cosmic Rays from Minnesota
Cosmic rays from outer space go through your body every second. Typically, they do you no harm. The […]
Trapezium: At the Heart of Orion
Near the center of this sharp cosmic portrait, at the heart of the Orion Nebula, are four hot, […]
Central Cygnus Skyscape
Supergiant star Gamma Cygni lies at the center of the Northern Cross, famous asterism in the constellation Cygnus […]
Central Lunar Eclipse
Reddened by scattered sunlight, the Moon in the center is passing through the center of Earth’s dark umbral […]
Eclipse over the Gulf of Poets
The total phase of the July 27 lunar eclipse lasted for an impressive 103 minutes. That makes it […]