Comet NEOWISE from the ISS
Rounding the Sun on July 3rd and currently headed for the outer Solar System, Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) […]
Astronomy
Noctilucent NEOWISE
These silvery blue waves washing over a tree-lined horizon in the eastern French Alps are noctilucent clouds. From […]
Mercurys Sodium Tail
What is that fuzzy streak extending from Mercury? Long exposures of our Solar System’s innermost planet may reveal […]
Comet NEOWISE over Lebanon
A comet has suddenly become visible to the unaided eye. Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was discovered in late […]
M43: Dust, Gas, and Stars in the Orion Nebula
Unspeakable beauty and unimaginable bedlam can be found together in the Orion Nebula Arguably the most famous of […]
Saturns Northern Hexagon
Why would clouds form a hexagon on Saturn? Nobody is sure. Originally discovered during the Voyager flybys of […]
Meeting in the Mesosphere
A sensitive video camera on a summit of the Vosges mountains in France captured these surprising fireworks above […]
Lynds Dark Nebula 1251
Stars are forming in Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 1251. About 1,000 light-years away and drifting above the plane […]
The Galaxy, the Planet, and the Apple Tree
The Old Astronomer’s Milky Way arcs through this peaceful northern sky. Against faint, diffuse starlight you can follow […]
Our Rotating Earth
Has your world ever turned upside-down? It would happen every day if you stay fixed to the stars. […]