A Northern Summer s Night
Near a summer’s midnight a mist haunts the river bank in this dreamlike skyscape taken on July 3rd […]
Astronomy
Charon: Moon of Pluto
A darkened and mysterious north polar region known to some as Mordor Macula caps this premier high-resolution view. […]
Dawn s Early Light, Rocket s Red Glare
If you saw the dawn’s early light from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station last Friday, June 29, then […]
An Airplane in Front of the Moon
If you look closely at the Moon, you will see a large airplane in front of it. Well, […]
Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturns Enceladus
Do underground oceans vent through the tiger stripes on Saturn’s moon Enceladus? Long features dubbed tiger stripes are […]
Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud
Unlike most entries in Charles Messier’s famous catalog of deep sky objects, M24 is not a bright galaxy, […]
Sigma Octantis and Friends
South pole star Sigma Octantis (of the constellation Octans) is on the left of this starry expanse spanning […]
Highlights of the Summer Sky
What can you see in the night sky this summer? The featured graphic gives a few highlights for […]
Hayabusa2 Approaches Asteroid Ryugu
It looks like a big space diamond — but with craters. It’s 162173 Ryugu (Dragon’s Castle), and Japan‘s […]
Rocket Plume Shadow Points to the Moon
Why would the shadow of a space shuttle launch plume point toward the Moon? In early 2001 during […]