North American Nightscape
On January 21, light from the Moon near first quarter illuminated the foreground in this snowy mountain and […]
Science
Messier 66 Close Up
Big, beautiful spiral galaxy Messier 66 lies a mere 35 million light-years away. The gorgeous island universe is […]
Colombians Ask: Who Would Dare Patent Panela? by Jennie Erin ...
Makers of Latin America’s favorite traditional sweetener say a sugar engineer wants exclusive control of their centuries-old product. […]
The Vertical Magnetic Field of NGC 5775
How far do magnetic fields extend up and out of spiral galaxies? For decades astronomers knew only that […]
The World’s Rarest Turtle Has a Shot at Escaping Extinction ...
Conservationists confirmed that a Swinhoe’s softshell turtle found in Vietnam is female, reigniting hope for saving the species. […]
Central NGC 1316: After Galaxies Collide
How did this strange-looking galaxy form? Astronomers turn detectives when trying to figure out the cause of unusual […]
Southern Cross over Chilean Volcano
Have you ever seen the Southern Cross? This famous four-star icon is best seen from Earth’s Southern Hemisphere. […]
Massive Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841
It is one of the more massive galaxies known. A mere 46 million light-years distant, spiral galaxy NGC […]
Recycling Cassiopeia A
Massive stars in our Milky Way Galaxy live spectacular lives. Collapsing from vast cosmic clouds, their nuclear furnaces […]
The Milky Ring
An expanse of cosmic dust, stars and nebulae along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy form a […]