Fear and Dread: The Moons of Mars
On Halloween fear and dread will stalk your night skies, also known as Phobos and Deimos the moons […]
Astronomy
The Ghoul of IC 2118
Inspired by the halloween season, this telescopic portrait captures a cosmic cloud with a scary visage. The interstellar […]
NGC 6357: The Lobster Nebula
Why is the Lobster Nebula forming some of the most massive stars known? No one is yet sure. […]
Venusian Volcano Imagined
What would an erupting volcano on Venus look like? Evidence of currently active volcanoes on Venus was announced […]
Venusian Volcano Imagined
What would an erupting volcano on Venus look like? Evidence of currently active volcanoes on Venus was announced […]
Reflections of the Ghost Nebula
Do any shapes seem to jump out at you from this interstellar field of stars and dust? The […]
Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe
Is our universe haunted? It might look that way on this dark matter map. The gravity of unseen […]
Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc
Globular star cluster 47 Tucanae is a jewel of the southern sky. Also known as NGC 104, it […]
Supernova in NGC 2525
Big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxy NGC 2525 lies 70 million light-years from the Milky Way. It shines in […]
Tagging Bennu
On October 20, after a careful approach to the boulder-strewn surface, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s arm reached out and […]