A View Toward M106
Big, bright, beautiful spiral, Messier 106 dominates this cosmic vista. The nearly two degree wide telescopic field of […]
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Andromeda Island Universe
The most distant object easily visible to the unaided eye is M31, the great Andromeda Galaxy some two […]
The Ion Tail of New Comet SWAN
Newly discovered Comet SWAN has already developed an impressive tail. The comet came in from the outer Solar […]
The Kepler 90 Planetary System
Do other stars have planetary systems like our own? Yes — one such system is Kepler-90. Cataloged by […]
Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturns Enceladus
How will humanity first learn of extraterrestrial life? One possibility is to find it under the icy surface […]
Edwin Hubble Discovers the Universe
How big is our universe? This very question, among others, was debated by two leading astronomers 100 years […]
Hubble s Cosmic Reef
These bright ridges of interstellar gas and dust are bathed in energetic starlight. With its sea of young […]
Look Up Together
Watch this video. In only a minute or so you can explore the night skies around planet Earth […]
Lyrid Meteor Streak
Earth’s annual Lyrid Meteor Shower peaked before dawn yesterday, as our fair planet plowed through debris from the […]
Planet Earth at Twilight
No sudden, sharp boundary marks the passage of day into night in this gorgeous view of ocean and […]