Galileo s Europa Remastered
Looping through the Jovian system in the late 1990s, the Galileo spacecraft recorded stunning views of Europa and […]
Astronomy
Io and Callisto Mutual Event
A 24 minute sequence from top to bottom, this intriguing series of telescopic frames tracks the occultation of […]
The Creature from the Red Lagoon
What creature lurks near the red Lagoon nebula? Mars. This gorgeous color deep-sky photograph has captured the red […]
Tornado and Rainbow Over Kansas
The scene might have been considered serene if it weren’t for the tornado. During 2004 in Kansas, storm […]
Solar Flare from a Sharper Sun
Solar active region AR2192 was the largest recorded sunspot group of the last 24 years. Before rotating off […]
M1: The Crab Nebula
The Crab Nebula is cataloged as M1, the first object on Charles Messier’s famous 18th century list of […]
LDN 988: Dark Nebula in Cygnus
Obscuring the rich starfields of northern Cygnus, dark nebula LDN 988 lies near the center of this cosmic […]
Bright Spiral Galaxy M81
One of the brightest galaxies in planet Earth’s sky is similar in size to our Milky Way Galaxy: […]
Star Formation in the Tadpole Nebula
Dusty emission in the Tadpole nebula, IC 410, lies about 12,000 light-years away in the northern constellation Auriga. […]
The Double Dust Disks of HD 95086
What do other star systems look like? To help find out, astronomers are carrying out detailed observations of […]