Starburst Galaxy Messier 94
Beautiful island universe Messier 94 lies a mere 15 million light-years distant in the northern constellation of the […]
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Star Factory Messier 17
Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, the star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500 light-years away […]
The Fractured North Pole of Saturns Enceladus
The north pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus is unexpectedly fascinating and complex. Previous to the latest flyby of […]
The Southern Cross in a Southern Sky
Have you ever seen the Southern Cross? This famous constellation is best seen from Earth’s Southern Hemisphere. Captured […]
Mammatus Clouds Over Saskatchewan
Why is this cloud so bubbly? Normally, cloud bottoms are flat. The flatness is caused by moist warm […]
Bright Spiral Galaxy M81
One of the brightest galaxies in planet Earth’s sky is similar in size to our Milky Way Galaxy: […]
Night Hides the World
Stars come out as evening twilight fades in this serene skyscape following the Persian proverb “Night hides the […]
M16 and the Eagle Nebula
A star cluster around 2 million years young surrounded by natal clouds of dust and glowing gas, M16 […]
A Gegenschein Lunar Eclipse
Is there anything interesting to see in the direction opposite the Sun? One night last month, there were […]
The Elephant’s Trunk in IC 1396
Like an illustration in a galactic Just So Story, the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula winds through the emission nebula […]