The Cats Eye Nebula from Hubble
To some, it may look like a cat’s eye. The alluring Cat’s Eye nebula, however, lies three thousand […]
Astronomy
Countryside Mars and Milky Way
Mars shines brightly now in planet Earth’s sky. Seen with a yellowish hue it rises over the hills […]
Fermi Science Playoffs
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into orbit on June 11th, 2008. Its instruments detect gamma-rays — […]
A Sun Pillar over Norway
Have you ever seen a sun pillar? When the air is cold and the Sun is rising or […]
Complex Jupiter
How complex is Jupiter? NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter is finding the Jovian giant to be more complicated […]
Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano
These people are not in danger. What is coming down from the left is just the Moon, far […]
Saturns Iapetus: Painted Moon
What has happened to Saturn’s moon Iapetus? Vast sections of this strange world are dark as coal, while […]
Jupiter Season, Hawaiian Sky
Volcanic activity on the Big Island of Hawaii has increased since this Hawaiian night skyscape was recorded earlier […]
Mars Approach
Since the distance from Earth to Mars changes drastically as the planets orbit the Sun, Mars’ appearance changes […]
The Case of the Backwards Orbiting Asteroid
Why does asteroid 2015 BZ509 orbit the Sun the backwards? As shown in the featured animation, Jupiter’s trojan […]