Apollo 11 Landing Site Panorama
Have you seen a panorama from another world lately? Assembled from high-resolution scans of the original film frames, […]
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Reflections on the 1970s
The 1970s are sometimes ignored by astronomers, like this beautiful grouping of reflection nebulae in Orion – NGC […]
NGC 7331 and Beyond
Big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 7331 is often touted as an analog to our own Milky Way. About […]
Geminid Fireball over Mount Balang
This was a sky to remember. While viewing the Geminids meteor shower a few days ago, a bright […]
W5: Pillars of Star Formation
How do stars form? Images of the star forming region W5 like those in the infrared by NASA’s […]
W5: Pillars of Star Formation
How do stars form? Images of the star forming region W5 like those in the infrared by NASA’s […]
The Potsdam Gravity Potato
Why do some places on Earth have higher gravity than others? Sometimes the reason is unknown. To help […]
Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
Where did all the stars go? What used to be considered a hole in the sky is now […]
The Infrared Visible Andromeda
This remarkable synthetic color composite image was assembled from archives of visible light and infrared astronomy image data. […]
Crystals on Mars
This extreme close-up, a mosaic from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on the Curiosity rover, spans a […]