Wally Funk Is Defying Gravity and 60 Years of Exclusion ...
Ms. Funk’s trip to space with Jeff Bezos is reason to celebrate. But the launch this week, decades […]
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Colors: Ring Nebula versus Stars
What if you could see, separately, all the colors of the Ring? And of the surrounding stars? There’s […]
Thors Helmet
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Framed by Trees: A Window to the Galaxy
The photographer had this shot in mind for some time. He knew that objects overhead are the brightest […]
How the Moon ‘Wobble’ Affects Rising Tides by Jacey Fortin
Scientists say it’s less like a wobble and more like a slow, predictable cycle. And while the phenomenon […]
The Andromeda Galaxy in Ultraviolet
What does the Andromeda galaxy look like in ultraviolet light? Young blue stars circling the galactic center dominate. […]
Alphonsus and Arzachel
Point your telescope at tonight’s first quarter Moon. Along the terminator, the shadow line between night and day, […]
Love and War by Moonlight
Venus, named for the Roman goddess of love, and Mars, the war god’s namesake, come together by moonlight […]
Jeff Bezos Picks 18-Year-Old Dutch Student for Blue Origin Rocket ...
Oliver Daemen will fly to the edge of space after another passenger who paid $28 million for the […]
The Dark Tower in Scorpius
In silhouette against a crowded star field along the tail of the arachnalogical constellation Scorpius, this dusty cosmic […]