Geminid Fireball over Mount Balang
This was a sky to remember. While viewing the Geminids meteor shower a few days ago, a bright […]
Astronomy
W5: Pillars of Star Formation
How do stars form? Images of the star forming region W5 like those in the infrared by NASA’s […]
W5: Pillars of Star Formation
How do stars form? Images of the star forming region W5 like those in the infrared by NASA’s […]
The Potsdam Gravity Potato
Why do some places on Earth have higher gravity than others? Sometimes the reason is unknown. To help […]
Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
Where did all the stars go? What used to be considered a hole in the sky is now […]
The Infrared Visible Andromeda
This remarkable synthetic color composite image was assembled from archives of visible light and infrared astronomy image data. […]
Crystals on Mars
This extreme close-up, a mosaic from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on the Curiosity rover, spans a […]
Moondog Night
In this night scene from the early hours of November 14, light from a last quarter Moon illuminates […]
The Reddening of M71
Now known to be a globular star cluster at the tender age of 10 billion years, M71 is […]
The Flame Nebula in Visible and Infrared
What lights up the Flame Nebula? Fifteen hundred light years away towards the constellation of Orion lies a […]