The View Toward M106
A big, bright, beautiful spiral, Messier 106 is at the center of this galaxy filled cosmic vista. The […]
Astronomy
Wright Mons in Color
Informally named Wright Mons, a broad mountain about 150 kilometers across and 4 kilometers high with a wide, […]
Infrared Portrait of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Cosmic dust clouds ripple across this infrared portrait of our Milky Way’s satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. […]
Reflections on the 1970s
The 1970s are sometimes ignored by astronomers, like this beautiful grouping of reflection nebulae in Orion – NGC […]
The California Nebula
What’s California doing in space? Drifting through the Orion Arm of the spiral Milky Way Galaxy, this cosmic […]
A Colorful Solar Corona over the Himalayas
What are those colorful rings around the Sun? A corona visible only to Earth observers in the right […]
Sun Storm: A Coronal Mass Ejection
What’s happening to our Sun? Another Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)! The Sun-orbiting SOHO spacecraft has imaged many erupting […]
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
Big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 lies some 70 million light-years away on the banks of the […]
Prometheus and the F Ring
In Greek myth Prometheus was a Titan, known for bringing fire from Mount Olympus. But in modern times […]
High Energy Andromeda
A mere 2.5 million light-years away, the Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31, really is just next door […]