A Flower Shaped Rock on Mars
It is one of the more unusual rocks yet found on Mars. Smaller than a penny, the rock […]
astronomy
Moon in Inverted Colors
Which moon is this? It’s Earth’s moon — but in inverted colors. Here, the pixel values corresponding to […]
A Lion in Orion
Yes, but can you see the lion? A deep exposure shows the famous dark indentation that looks like […]
Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
This was a very unusual type of solar eclipse. Typically, it is the Earth’s Moon that eclipses the […]
Interstellar Comet 2I Borisov
From somewhere else in the Milky Way galaxy, Comet 2I/Borisov was just visiting the Solar System. Discovered by […]
The Multiwavelength Crab
The Crab Nebula is cataloged as M1, the first object on Charles Messier’s famous list of things which […]
Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841
A mere 46 million light-years distant, spiral galaxy NGC 2841 can be found in the northern constellation of […]
Record Prominence Imaged by Solar Orbiter
What’s happened to our Sun? Last month, it produced the largest prominence ever imaged together with a complete […]
Dueling Bands in the Night
What are these two bands in the sky? The more commonly seen band is the one on the […]
Earthrise 1: Historic Image Remastered
“Oh my God! Look at that picture over there! Here’s the Earth coming up. Wow is that pretty!” […]