Ghosts and Star Trails
Don’t be scared. Stars won’t fall from the sky and ghosts won’t really haunt your neighborhood tonight. But […]
Astronomy
The Witch Head Nebula
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble …. maybe Macbeth should have consulted the Witch […]
IC 1871: Inside the Soul Nebula
This cosmic close-up looks deep inside the Soul Nebula. The dark and brooding dust clouds outlined by bright […]
Bright from the Heart Nebula
What’s that inside the Heart Nebula? First, the large emission nebula dubbed IC 1805 looks, in whole, like […]
Charon and the Small Moons of Pluto
What do the moons of Pluto look like? Before a decade ago, only the largest moon Charon was […]
Jupiter and Venus from Earth
It was visible around the world. The sunset conjunction of Jupiter and Venus in 2012 was visible almost […]
Jupiter in 2015
Two remarkable global maps of Jupiter’s banded cloud tops can be compared by just sliding your cursor over […]
Starburst Galaxy Messier 94
Beautiful island universe Messier 94 lies a mere 15 million light-years distant in the northern constellation of the […]
Star Factory Messier 17
Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, the star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500 light-years away […]
The Fractured North Pole of Saturns Enceladus
The north pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus is unexpectedly fascinating and complex. Previous to the latest flyby of […]