Rubin’s Galaxy
In this Hubble Space Telescope image the bright, spiky stars lie in the foreground toward the heroic northern constellation Perseus and well within our own Milky Way galaxy. In sharp […]
In this Hubble Space Telescope image the bright, spiky stars lie in the foreground toward the heroic northern constellation Perseus and well within our own Milky Way galaxy. In sharp […]
On April 20, 2023 the shadow of a New Moon raced across planet Earth’s southern hemisphere. When viewed along a narrow path that mostly avoided landfall, the Moon in silhouette […]
Do you know the names of some of the brightest stars? It’s likely that you do, even though some bright stars have names so old they date back to near […]
Can you identify this celestial object? Likely not — because this is a discovery image. Massive stars forge heavy elements in their cores and, after a few million years, end […]
The bright clusters and nebulae of planet Earth’s night sky are often given the names of flowers or insects, and its whopping 3 light-year wingspan, NGC 6302 is no exception. […]
Savudrija lighthouse shines along the coast near the northern end of the Istrian peninsula in this well-composed night skyscape. A navigational aid for sailors on the Adriatic Sea, the historic […]
Is the sky the same every night? No — the night sky changes every night in many ways. To better explore how the night sky changes, the USA’s NSF and […]
Why would the sky glow like a giant repeating rainbow? Airglow. Now, air glows all of the time, but it is usually hard to see. A disturbance however — like […]
What’s happening to this spiral galaxy? Although details remain uncertain, it surely has to do with an ongoing battle with its smaller galactic neighbor. The featured galaxy is labelled UGC […]
On May 7, the Sun setting behind a church bell tower was captured in this filtered and manipulated digital skyscape from Ragusa, Sicily, planet Earth. In this version of the […]