Quadrantids of the North
Named for a forgotten constellation, the Quadrantid Meteor Shower puts on an annual show for planet Earth’s northern […]
astronomy
Ecstatic Solar Eclipse
A male Adelie penguin performed this Ecstatic Vocalization in silhouette during the December 4 solar eclipse, the final […]
The Last Days of Venus as the Evening Star
That’s not a young crescent Moon posing behind cathedral towers after sunset. It’s Venus in a crescent phase. […]
A Year of Sunrises
Does the Sun always rise in the same direction? No. As the months change, the direction toward the […]
Moons Beyond Rings at Saturn
What’s happened to that moon of Saturn? Nothing — Saturn’s moon Rhea is just partly hidden behind Saturn’s […]
Quadruple Lunar Halo Over Winter Road
Sometimes falling ice crystals make the atmosphere into a giant lens causing arcs and halos to appear around […]
The Full Moon of 2021
Every Full Moon of 2021 shines in this year-spanning astrophoto project, a composite portrait of the familiar lunar […]
JWST on the Road to L2
This timelapse gif tracks the James Webb Space Telescope as it streaks across the stars of Orion on […]
The Further Tail of Comet Leonard
Comet Leonard, brightest comet of 2021, is at the lower left of these two panels captured on December […]
Giant Storms and High Clouds on Jupiter
What and where are these large ovals? They are rotating storm clouds on Jupiter imaged last month by […]