Manhattan Skylines
City lights shine along the upper east side of Manahattan in this dramatic urban night skyscape from February […]
Astronomy
Comet PanSTARRS is near the Edge
The comet PanSTARRS, also known as the blue comet (C/2016 R2), really is near the lower left edge […]
Enceladus in Silhouette
One of our Solar System’s most tantalizing worlds, Enceladus is backlit by the Sun in this Cassini spacecraft […]
In the Heart of the Heart Nebula
What’s that inside the Heart Nebula? First, the large emission nebula dubbed IC 1805 looks, in whole, like […]
Car Orbiting Earth
Last week, a car orbited the Earth. The car, created by humans and robots on the Earth, was […]
A Partial Eclipse Over Manila Bay
What’s happened to the setting Sun? An eclipse! In early 2009, the Moon eclipsed part of the Sun […]
Roadster, Starman, Planet Earth
Don’t panic. It’s just a spacesuited mannequin named Starman. As the sunlit crescent of planet Earth recedes in […]
Total Solar Lunar Eclipse
This digitally processed and composited picture creatively compares two famous eclipses in one; the total lunar eclipse (left) […]
NGC 7331 Close Up
Big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 7331 is often touted as an analog to our own Milky Way. About […]
Galaxy NGC 474: Shells and Star Streams
What’s happening to galaxy NGC 474? The multiple layers of emission appear strangely complex and unexpected given the […]