Leonids Above Torre de la Guaita
Leonids Meteor Shower came to an impressive crescendo in 1999. Observers in Europe saw a sharp peak in […]
Astronomy
The Tulip in the Swan
Framing a bright emission region this telescopic view looks out along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy […]
Welcome to a Comet
The Rosetta Mission lander is safely on a comet. One of Philae’s feet appears at the bottom left […]
Descent to a Comet
Yesterday, the first soft landing on a comet took place some 500 million kilometers from planet Earth as […]
Philae Attempts Comet Nucleus Landing
Today humanity will make its first attempt to land a probe on the nucleus of a comet. As […]
Orion in Gas, Dust, and Stars
The constellation of Orion holds much more than three stars in a row. A deep exposure shows everything […]
The Protoplanetary Disk of HL Tauri from ALMA
Why does this giant disk have gaps? The exciting and probable answer is: planets. A mystery is how […]
The Cat’s Eye Nebula from Hubble
To some, it may look like a cat’s eye. The alluring Cat’s Eye nebula, however, lies three thousand […]
Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660
NGC 660 is featured in this cosmic snapshot, a sharp composite of broad and narrow band filter image […]
The Map of Dione
This cylindrical projection global map is one of six new color maps of Saturn’s midsized icy moons, constructed […]