A Waterspout in Florida
What’s happening over the water? Pictured here is one of the better images yet recorded of a waterspout, […]
Astronomy
A First Glimpse of the Great American Eclipse
Making landfall in Oregon, the Moon’s dark umbral shadow toured the United States on August 21. Those gathered […]
Lunar View, Solar Eclipse
Orbiting above the lunar nearside on August 21, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter turned to look back on a […]
Panoramic Eclipse Composite with Star Trails
What was happening in the sky during last week’s total solar eclipse? This featured little-planet, all-sky, double time-lapse, […]
Saturn in Blue and Gold
Why is Saturn partly blue? The featured picture of Saturn approximates what a human would see if hovering […]
A Fleeting Double Eclipse of the Sun
Last week, for a fraction of a second, the Sun was eclipsed twice. One week ago today, many […]
The Heart Nebula in Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur
What powers the Heart Nebula? The large emission nebula dubbed IC 1805 looks, in whole, like a heart. […]
Diamond Ring in a Cloudy Sky
As the Moon’s shadow swept across the US on August 21, eclipse chasers in the narrow path of […]
The Eagle and The Swan
The Eagle Nebula and the Swan Nebula span this broad starscape, a telescopic view toward the Sagittarius spiral […]
The Crown of the Sun
During a total solar eclipse, the Sun’s extensive outer atmosphere, or corona, is an inspirational sight. Streamers and […]