Rosetta s Farewell
After closely following comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for 786 days as it rounded the Sun, the Rosetta spacecraft’s controlled impact […]
astronomy
Saturn from Above
This image of Saturn could not have been taken from Earth. No Earth based picture could possibly view […]
Heart and Soul and Double Cluster
This rich starfield spans almost 10 degrees across the sky toward the northern constellations Cassiopeia and Perseus. On […]
Harvest Moon Eclipse
A Harvest Moon rises over Sesimbra Castle south of Lisbon in this impressive series of telephoto exposures. Captured […]
Sunset at Edmontonhenge
On September 18, the setting Sun illuminated both sides of the steep brick and steel canyon otherwise known […]
The Helix Nebula in Infrared
What makes this cosmic eye look so red? Dust. The featured image from the robotic Spitzer Space Telescope […]
Retrograde Mars and Saturn
Wandering Mars and Saturn have spent much of this year remarkably close in planet Earth’s night sky. In […]
The North and South of Jupiter
A wide, looping orbit brought Juno close to Jupiter on August 27. As the spacecraft swung around the […]
NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble
Many spiral galaxies have bars across their centers. Even our own Milky Way Galaxy is thought to have […]
Philae Lander Found on Comet 67P
A little spacecraft that was presumed lost has now been found. In 2014, the Philae lander slowly descended […]