Northern Equinox Eclipse
Snowy and cold is weather you might expect at the start of spring for Longyearbyen on the Arctic […]
Astronomy
Sunshine, Earthshine
Today’s date marks an Equinox and a New Moon. Remarkably, while the exact timing of both geocentric events […]
Aurora in the Backyard
On the night of March 17/18 this umbrella of northern lights unfolded over backyards in Vallentuna, Sweden about […]
Earth During a Total Eclipse of the Sun
What does the Earth look like during a total solar eclipse? It appears dark in the region where […]
The Big Dipper Enhanced
Do you see it? This common question frequently precedes the rediscovery of one of the most commonly recognized […]
The Clouds of Orion the Hunter
Cradled in cosmic dust and glowing hydrogen, stellar nurseries in Orion the Hunter lie at the edge of […]
A Total Eclipse at the End of the World
Would you go to the end of the world to see a total eclipse of the Sun? If […]
Return at Sunrise
Thursday, shortly after local sunrise over central Asia, this Soyuz spacecraft floated over a sea of golden clouds […]
The Great Wall by Moonlight
Last Friday, an almost Full Moon rose as the Sun set, over this mountainous landscape north of Beijing, […]
Along the Cygnus Wall
The W-shaped ridge of emission featured in this vivid skyscape is known as the Cygnus Wall. Part of […]