When the prospect is deceiving.
M35 and NGC 2158 are two open clusters visible in the constellation Gemini. From this image the two clusters would…
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Astonishing Image Captures The Epic Collision of Three Galaxies
An object 681 million light-years away might look like one glorious, exquisite mess, but there’s a lot more going on…
North meets South
Seeing this photo we can feel a little confused! This Photograph simultaneously captures the Northern and Southern Hemispheres — the…
Two phenomena, one photo
On the left, the glow of an aurora borealis; on the right, the vertical colors of the light pillars (Image:…
A red giant loses its “skin”
This ghostly image shows a distant pulsating red giant star, called R Sculptoris. Situated 1200 light-years away in the constellation…
“Eye of Sauron” star hosts rogue planet
The eye of Sauron is an exoplanet located 25 light years from Earth. Scientists calculate that the belt is larger than…
Focusing the Belt of Orion
I bet that at least once in your life you have raised your eyes to the sky attracted by that…
Sometimes perspective can play strange tricks
In this image, Titan (the orange satellite) appears to be much smaller than Dione (the gray moon). However, this is…
A globular cluster lost in the immensity of space
It is known as the Intergalactic Wanderer and it is not difficult to understand why: the globular cluster photographed in…
A celestial owl suspended in the darkness of space
Positioned in the Ursa Major constellation, approximately 2000 light years away from our home planet, lies the cosmic marvel –…