Atlas, Daphnis, and Pan
Atlas, Daphnis, and Pan are small, inner, ring moons of Saturn, shown at the same scale in this […]
Astronomy
Aphelion Sunrise
On July 3rd, planet Earth reached aphelion, the farthest point in its elliptical orbit around the Sun. Each […]
Mountains of Dust in the Carina Nebula
It’s stars versus dust in the Carina Nebula and the stars are winning. More precisely, the energetic light […]
NGC 7814: The Little Sombrero in Pegasus
Point your telescope toward the high flying constellation Pegasus and you can find this expanse of Milky Way […]
Composite Messier 20 and 21
The beautiful Trifid Nebula, also known as Messier 20, lies about 5,000 light-years away, a colorful study in […]
Artistic Impression: The Surface of TRAPPIST 1f
If you could stand on the surface of the newly discovered Earth-sized exoplanet TRAPPIST-1f, what would you see? […]
The N44 Superbubble
What created this gigantic hole? The vast emission nebula N44 in our neighboring galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud […]
Solstice Conjunction over Budapest
Before a solstice Sun rose on June 21, brilliant Venus and an old crescent Moon posed together over […]
Northern Summer on Titan
While yesterday’s solstice brought summer to planet Earth’s northern hemisphere, a northern summer solstice arrived for ringed planet […]
A Sundial that Shows Solstice
What day is it? If the day — and time — are right, this sundial will tell you: […]