Colorful Aurora over Iceland
You don’t always see a scene this beautiful when you hike to an ancient volcano — you have […]
Astronomy
Still Life with Reflecting Dust
In this beautiful celestial still life composed with a cosmic brush, dusty nebula NGC 2170 shines at the […]
Annular Eclipse After Sunrise
From northern Patagonia, morning skies were clear and blue on Sunday, February 26. This sweeping composite scene, overlooking […]
A Solar Eclipse with a Beaded Ring of Fire
What kind of eclipse is this? On Sunday, visible in parts of Earth’s southern hemisphere, the Moon blocked […]
A Supercell Thunderstorm Cloud Over Montana
Is that a spaceship or a cloud? Although it may seem like an alien mothership, it’s actually a […]
All Planets Panorama
For 360 degrees, a view along the plane of the ecliptic is captured in this remarkable panorama, with […]
NGC 3621: Far Beyond the Local Group
Far beyond the local group of galaxies lies NGC 3621, some 22 million light-years away. Found in the […]
Seven Worlds for TRAPPIST 1
Seven worlds orbit the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, a mere 40 light-years away. In May 2016 astronomers using […]
Solar System Portrait
On Valentine’s Day in 1990, cruising four billion miles from the Sun, the Voyager 1 spacecraft looked back […]
Melotte 15 inthe Heart
Cosmic clouds form fantastic shapes in the central regions of emission nebula IC 1805. The clouds are sculpted […]