The Dark River to Antares
A dark river seems to flow through this sky from the horizon toward colorful clouds near red giant […]
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Galaxy Wars: M81 and M82
These two galaxies are far far away, 12 million light-years distant toward the northern constellation of the Great […]
Comet Halley vs Comet SWAN
The pre-dawn hours of May 3rd were moonless as grains of cosmic dust streaked through southern skies above […]
NASA TV to Air Launch, Capture of Cargo Ship to ...
NASA will broadcast the launch of a Japanese cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station beginning at 1 […]
Jupiter in Infrared from Gemini
In infrared, Jupiter lights up the night. Recently, astronomers at the Gemini North Observatory in Hawaii, USA, created […]
Lyrid Meteors from the Constellation Lyra
Where are all of these meteors coming from? In terms of direction on the sky, the pointed answer […]
Behind Betelgeuse
What’s behind Betelgeuse? One of the brighter and more unusual stars in the sky, the red supergiant star […]
The Porpoise Galaxy from Hubble
What’s happening to this spiral galaxy? Just a few hundred million years ago, NGC 2936, the upper of […]
Full Flower Moonrise
Rising as the Sun set, the Moon was bright and full in planet Earth skies on May 7 […]
Long Tailed Comet SWAN
Blowing in the solar wind the spectacular ion tail of Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) extends far across this […]