Messier 45: The Daughters of Atlas and Pleione
Hurtling through a cosmic dust cloud a mere 400 light-years away, the lovely Pleiades or Seven Sisters open […]
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The Largest Rock in our Solar System
There, that dot on the right, that’s the largest rock known in our Solar System. It is larger […]
Moon over Makemake
Makemake (sounds like MAH-kay MAH-kay), second brightest dwarf planet of the Kuiper belt, has a moon. Nicknamed MK2, […]
Mars and the Star Clusters
At this year’s end Mars still shines brightly in planet Earth’s night as it wanders through the head-strong […]
Horsehead and Flame
The Horsehead Nebula, famous celestial dark marking also known as Barnard 33, is notched against a background glow […]
Messier 88
Charles Messier described the 88th entry in his 18th century catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters as a […]
The Webb Telescope Is Just Getting Started by Dennis Overbye
The first scientific results are coming in, and the $10 billion instrument is working even better than astronomers […]