Moondog Night
In this night scene from the early hours of November 14, light from a last quarter Moon illuminates […]
astronomy
The Reddening of M71
Now known to be a globular star cluster at the tender age of 10 billion years, M71 is […]
The Flame Nebula in Visible and Infrared
What lights up the Flame Nebula? Fifteen hundred light years away towards the constellation of Orion lies a […]
Aurora Shimmer Meteor Flash
Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, haunted skies over the island of Kvaløya, near Tromsø Norway on 2009 December […]
Orion Launch
Headed for two orbits of planet Earth and a splashdown in the Pacific, Orion blazed into the early […]
Milky Way over Moon Valley
Our Milky Way Galaxy arcs over a desolate landscape in this fantastic panoramic night skyview. The otherworldly scene […]
Plato and the Lunar Alps
The dark-floored, 95 kilometer wide crater Plato and sunlit peaks of the lunar Alps (Montes Alpes) are highlighted […]
Sharpless 249 and the Jellyfish Nebula
Normally faint and elusive, the Jellyfish Nebula is caught in this alluring telescopic mosaic. The scene is anchored […]
Eta Carinae and the Expanding Homunculus Nebula
How did the Eta Carinae star system create this unusual expanding nebula? No one knows for sure. About […]
Stars and Dust Pillars in NGC 7822 from WISE
Hot, young stars and cosmic pillars of gas and dust seem to crowd into NGC 7822. At the […]