The Aurora and the Sunrise
On the International Space Station (ISS), you can only admire an aurora until the sun rises. Then the […]
Astronomy
Total Solar Eclipse Corona in HDF
How great was the Great American Eclipse? The featured HDR image shows it to be perhaps greater than […]
Magellanic Mountain
Flanked by satellite galaxies of the Milky Way a volcanic peak rises from this rugged horizon. The southern […]
Gaia’s Milky Way
This grand allsky view of our Milky Way and nearby galaxies is not a photograph. It’s a map […]
The Snows of Churyumov Gerasimenko
You couldn’t really be caught in this blizzard while standing by a cliff on Churyumov-Gerasimenko, also known as […]
Hubbles Jupiter and the Shrinking Great Red Spot
What will become of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot? Gas giant Jupiter is the solar system’s largest world with […]
The Blue Horsehead Nebula in Infrared
The Blue Horsehead Nebula looks quite different in infrared light. In visible light, the reflecting dust of the […]
Meteor Over Crater Lake
Did you see it? One of the more common questions during a meteor shower occurs because the time […]
TESS Launch Close Up
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) began its search for planets orbiting other stars by leaving planet Earth […]
NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula
Blown by the wind from a massive star, this interstellar apparition has a surprisingly familiar shape. Cataloged as […]