The Orion Nebula in Visible and Infrared
The Great Nebula in Orion is a colorful place. Visible to the unaided eye, it appears as a […]
Astronomy
Clouds of the Carina Nebula
What forms lurk in the mists of the Carina Nebula? The dark ominous figures are actually molecular clouds, […]
Milky Way Over Quiver Tree Forest
In front of a famous background of stars and galaxies lies some of Earth’s more unusual trees. Known […]
Falcon 9 and Milky Way
On May 6, the after midnight launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lit up dark skies over […]
ISS and Mercury Too
Transits of Mercury are relatively rare. Monday’s leisurely 7.5 hour long event was only the 2nd of 14 […]
A Transit of Mercury
On May 9, the diminutive disk of Mercury spent about seven and a half hours crossing in front […]
Saturn and Mars visit Milky Way Star Clouds
Planets, stars, nebulas and a galaxy — this impressive image has them all. Closest to home are the […]
Mercurys Transit: An Unusual Spot on the Sun
What’s that dot on the Sun? If you look closely, it is almost perfectly round. The dot is […]
Three Worlds for TRAPPIST 1
Three new found worlds orbit the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, a mere 40 light-years away. Their transits were […]
NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula
These cosmic clouds have blossomed 1,300 light-years away, in the fertile starfields of the constellation Cepheus. Called the […]