Inside the Coma Cluster of Galaxies
Almost every object in the above photograph is a galaxy. The Coma Cluster of Galaxies pictured above is […]
Astronomy
Moon Venus Mars Skyline
Taken on February 20, five different exposures made in rapid succession were used to created this tantalizing telephoto […]
Long Lovejoy and Little Dumbbell
Buffeted by the solar wind, Comet Lovejoy’s crooked ion tail stretches over 3 degrees across this telescopic field […]
Love and War by Moonlight
Venus, named for the Roman goddess of love, and Mars, the war god’s namesake, came together by moonlight […]
The Rosette Nebula in Hydrogen and Oxygen
The Rosette Nebula is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of […]
Unusual Plumes Above Mars
What is creating unusual plumes on Mars? No one is sure. Noted and confirmed by a global contingent […]
The Milky Way Over the Arizona Toadstools
Which is older — the rocks you see on the ground or the light you see from the […]
The Dark River to Antares
Connecting the Pipe Nebula to the colorful region near bright star Antares is a dark cloud dubbed the […]
45 Days in the Sun
From January 11 to February 25 2013, a pinhole camera sat in a field near Budapest, Hungary, planet […]
An Evening Sky Conjunction
Eight years ago, an evening sky held this lovely pairing of a young crescent Moon and brilliant Venus. […]