4000 Exoplanets
Over 4000 planets are now known to exist outside our Solar System. Known as exoplanets, this milestone was […]
astronomy
Herschel Crater on Mimas
Mimas, small 400 kilometer-diameter moon of Saturn, is host to 130 kilometer-diameter Herschel crater, one of the larger […]
Leaving Earth
What it would look like to leave planet Earth? Such an event was recorded visually in great detail […]
Meteor before Galaxy
What’s that green streak in front of the Andromeda galaxy? A meteor. While photographing the Andromeda galaxy in […]
Stereo Phobos
Get out your red/blue glasses and float next to Phobos, grooved moon of Mars! Captured in 2004 by […]
Halo of the Cats Eye
What created the unusual halo around the Cat’s Eye nebula? No one is sure. What is sure is […]
A Moon Dressed Like Saturn
Why does Saturn appear so big? It doesn’t — what is pictured are foreground clouds on Earth crossing […]
Mountains of Dust in the Carina Nebula
It’s stars versus dust in the Carina Nebula and the stars are winning. More precisely, the energetic light […]
Starburst Galaxy M94 from Hubble
Why does this galaxy have a ring of bright blue stars? Beautiful island universe Messier 94 lies a […]
The Eagle Rises
Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this stereo view from lunar orbit. The 3D anaglyph was […]