A Digital Lunar Eclipse
Recorded on May 15/16 this sequence of exposures follows the Full Moon during a total lunar eclipse as […]
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A Jewel on the Flower Moon
Cloudy skies plagued some sky watchers on Sunday as May’s Full Flower Moon slipped through Earth’s shadow in […]
NGC 1316: After Galaxies Collide
Astronomers turn detectives when trying to figure out the cause of startling sights like NGC 1316. Investigations indicate […]
Milky Way over French Alp Hoodoos
Real castles aren’t this old. And the background galaxy is even older. Looking a bit like an alien […]
Colors of the Moon
What color is the Moon? It depends on the night. Outside of the Earth’s atmosphere, the dark Moon, […]
Ice Halos by Moonlight
An almost full moon on April 15 brought these luminous apparitions to a northern spring night over Alberta […]
The Milky Way s Black Hole
There’s a black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Stars are observed to orbit a very […]
Young Stars of NGC 346
The massive stars of NGC 346 are short lived, but very energetic. The star cluster is embedded in […]
Gravity s Grin
Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, published over 100 years ago, predicted the phenomenon of gravitational lensing. And […]
NGC 6334: The Cats Paw Nebula
Nebulas are perhaps as famous for being identified with familiar shapes as perhaps cats are for getting into […]