Earthset from Orion
Eight billion people are about to disappear in this snapshot from space. Taken on November 21, the sixth […]
astronomy
A Double Star Cluster in Perseus
Few star clusters this close to each other. Visible to the unaided eye from dark sky areas, it […]
The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble
Stars can make beautiful patterns as they age — sometimes similar to flowers or insects. NGC 6302, the […]
Airglow Ripples over Tibet
Why would the sky look like a giant target? Airglow. Following a giant thunderstorm over Bangladesh in late […]
Artemis 1 Moonshot
When the Artemis 1 mission’s Orion spacecraft makes its November 21 powered flyby of the Moon, denizens of […]
The Protostar within L1527
The protostar within dark cloud L1527 is a mere 100,000 years old, still embedded in the cloud of […]
Planet Earth from Orion
A Space Launch System rocket left planet Earth on Wednesday, November 16 at 1:47am EST carrying the Orion […]
In the Arms of NGC 1097
Spiral galaxy NGC 1097 shines in southern skies, about 45 million light-years away in the heated constellation Fornax. […]
Wolfs Cave Nebula
The mysterious blue reflection nebula found in catalogs as VdB 152 or Ced 201 really is very faint. […]
NGC 7380: The Wizard Nebula
What powers are being wielded in the Wizard Nebula? Gravitation strong enough to form stars, and stellar winds […]