Remembering NEOWISE
It was just last July. If you could see the stars of the Big Dipper, you could find […]
astronomy
Mimas in Saturnlight
Peering from the shadows, the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Mimas lies in near darkness alongside a dramatic sunlit crescent. […]
The Tulip and Cygnus X 1
This tall telescopic field of view looks out along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the […]
Ring Galaxy AM 0644 741
The rim of the large blue galaxy at the right is an immense ring-like structure 150,000 light years […]
Flemings Triangular Wisp
Chaotic in appearance, these tangled filaments of shocked, glowing gas are spread across planet Earth’s sky toward the […]
CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule
Can a gas cloud grab a galaxy? It’s not even close. The “claw” of this odd looking “creature” […]
Crescent Neptune and Triton
Gliding silently through the outer Solar System, the Voyager 2 spacecraft camera captured Neptune and Triton together in […]
The Edge of Space
Where does space begin? For purposes of spaceflight some would say at the Karman line, currently defined as […]
Elephant, Bat, and Squid
Sprawling emission nebulae IC 1396 and Sh2-129 mix glowing interstellar gas and dark dust clouds in this 10 […]
NGC 7814: Little Sombrero with Supernova
Point your telescope toward the high flying constellation Pegasus and you can find this expanse of Milky Way […]