Messier 104
A gorgeous spiral galaxy, Messier 104 is famous for its nearly edge-on profile featuring a broad ring of […]
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Planet Earth at Twilight
No sudden, sharp boundary marks the passage of day into night in this gorgeous view of ocean and […]
Watch the Lyrid Meteor Shower Peak in Night Skies by ...
Fireballs may light up the sky for those willing to stay up late and take in the show. […]
Apollo 16 Moon Panorama
Fifty years ago, April 20, 1972, Apollo 16’s lunar module Orion touched down on the Moon’s near side […]
Planet Line over New York Bridge
There’s an interesting sky to see if you wake up before the Sun. Lined up on toward the […]
Stars and Globules in the Running Chicken Nebula
The eggs from this gigantic chicken may form into stars. The featured emission nebula, shown in scientifically assigned […]
Stars and Planets over Portugal
The mission was to document night-flying birds — but it ended up also documenting a beautiful sky. The […]
Is Covid More Dangerous Than Driving? How Scientists Are Parsing ...
The coronavirus remains new enough and its long-term effects unpredictable enough that measuring the threat posed by an […]
Shuttle Over Earth
What’s that approaching? Astronauts on board the International Space Station in 2010 first saw it far in the […]
Orion Pines
Taken with a camera fixed to a tripod, many short exposures were aligned with the stars to unveil […]