The Dark River to Antares
Connecting the Pipe Nebula to the colorful region near bright star Antares is a dark cloud dubbed the […]
astronomy
45 Days in the Sun
From January 11 to February 25 2013, a pinhole camera sat in a field near Budapest, Hungary, planet […]
An Evening Sky Conjunction
Eight years ago, an evening sky held this lovely pairing of a young crescent Moon and brilliant Venus. […]
Palomar 12
Palomar 12 was not born here. The stars of the globular cluster, first identified in the Palomar Sky […]
Dark Craters and Bright Spots Revealed on Asteroid Ceres
What are those bright spots on asteroid Ceres? As the robotic spacecraft Dawn approaches the largest asteroid in […]
Fibrils Flower on the Sun
When does the Sun look like a flower? In a specific color of red light emitted by hydrogen, […]
M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange Center
What’s happening at the center of spiral galaxy M106? A swirling disk of stars and gas, M106‘s appearance […]
Two Hours Before Neptune
Two hours before closest approach to Neptune in 1989, the Voyager 2 robot spacecraft snapped this picture. Clearly […]
Solar System Portrait
On another Valentine’s Day 25 years ago, cruising four billion miles from the Sun, the Voyager 1 spacecraft […]
Aurora on Ice
Not from a snowglobe, this expansive fisheye view of ice and sky was captured on February 1, from […]