The SONG and the Hunter
Near first quarter, the Moon in March lights this snowy, rugged landscape, a view across the top of […]
Astronomy
A Mercury Transit Sequence
This coming Monday, Mercury will cross the face of the Sun, as seen from Earth. Called a transit, […]
Aurora over Sweden
It was bright and green and stretched across the sky. This striking aurora display was captured last month […]
Crossing Mars
Where is NASA’s rover Curiosity going on Mars? Its geographical goals are on the slopes of Mount Sharp, […]
Contemplating the Sun
Have you contemplated your home star recently? Featured here, a Sun partially eclipsed on the top left by […]
Moon over Makemake
Makemake, second brightest dwarf planet of the Kuiper belt, has a moon. Nicknamed MK2, Makemake’s moon reflects sunlight […]
Fermi’s Gamma-ray Moon
If you could only see gamma-rays, photons with up to a billion or more times the energy of […]
A Dust Angel Nebula
The combined light of stars along the Milky Way are reflected by these cosmic dust clouds that soar […]
Omega Centauri: The Brightest Globular Star Cluster
This huge ball of stars predates our Sun. Long before humankind evolved, before dinosaurs roamed, and even before […]
NGC 6872: A Stretched Spiral Galaxy
What makes this spiral galaxy so long? Measuring over 700,000 light years across from top to bottom, NGC […]