Bright Spiral Galaxy M81
One of the brightest galaxies in planet Earth’s sky is similar in size to our Milky Way Galaxy: […]
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Star Formation in the Tadpole Nebula
Dusty emission in the Tadpole nebula, IC 410, lies about 12,000 light-years away in the northern constellation Auriga. […]
The Double Dust Disks of HD 95086
What do other star systems look like? To help find out, astronomers are carrying out detailed observations of […]
Leonids Above Torre de la Guaita
Leonids Meteor Shower came to an impressive crescendo in 1999. Observers in Europe saw a sharp peak in […]
The Tulip in the Swan
Framing a bright emission region this telescopic view looks out along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy […]
Welcome to a Comet
The Rosetta Mission lander is safely on a comet. One of Philae’s feet appears at the bottom left […]
Descent to a Comet
Yesterday, the first soft landing on a comet took place some 500 million kilometers from planet Earth as […]
Philae Attempts Comet Nucleus Landing
Today humanity will make its first attempt to land a probe on the nucleus of a comet. As […]
Orion in Gas, Dust, and Stars
The constellation of Orion holds much more than three stars in a row. A deep exposure shows everything […]
The Protoplanetary Disk of HL Tauri from ALMA
Why does this giant disk have gaps? The exciting and probable answer is: planets. A mystery is how […]