The Southern Cross in a Southern Sky
Have you ever seen the Southern Cross? This famous constellation is best seen from Earth’s Southern Hemisphere. Captured […]
Astronomy
Mammatus Clouds Over Saskatchewan
Why is this cloud so bubbly? Normally, cloud bottoms are flat. The flatness is caused by moist warm […]
Bright Spiral Galaxy M81
One of the brightest galaxies in planet Earth’s sky is similar in size to our Milky Way Galaxy: […]
Night Hides the World
Stars come out as evening twilight fades in this serene skyscape following the Persian proverb “Night hides the […]
M16 and the Eagle Nebula
A star cluster around 2 million years young surrounded by natal clouds of dust and glowing gas, M16 […]
A Gegenschein Lunar Eclipse
Is there anything interesting to see in the direction opposite the Sun? One night last month, there were […]
The Elephant’s Trunk in IC 1396
Like an illustration in a galactic Just So Story, the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula winds through the emission nebula […]
Galaxy, Stars, and Dust
Is this galaxy trapped in a web of dust? No — it is far in the background. However, […]
In the Center of the Trifid Nebula
Clouds of glowing gas mingle with dust lanes in the Trifid Nebula, a star forming region toward the […]
Stardust in Perseus
This cosmic expanse of dust, gas, and stars covers some 6 degrees on the sky in the heroic […]