The Cosmic Zoo!
This is a composite of images taken over several years (2010, 2015, 2018), most recently using a 200mm Pentax lens…
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The Shape of the Southern Crab
The symmetric, multi-legged appearance of the Southern Crab Nebula is certainly distinctive. About 7,000 light-years distant toward the southern sky…
Meeting Despina
Despina is a small moon of Neptune with an average diameter of only 148 km. It was discovered in 1989…
The beautiful NGC 2392
When a star of similar mass to the Sun enters the final stages of its life, it expels its surface…
We want Pluto back!
It may not be considered a planet anymore, but Pluto is still as interesting as the planets that orbit our…
The Sun Just Spat Out an X-Class Flare, The Most Powerful Since 2017
The Sun appears to be waking up from the quiet period of its 11-year cycle. On 3 July 2021, at…
The Tarantula Zone
The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is more than a thousand light-years in diameter, a giant star forming…
Spitzer Captures Stellar Family Portrait
IMAGE: In this large celestial mosaic taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and published in 2019, there’s a lot to…
Never seen before cosmic structures spotted in distant galaxy!
Cosmic structures, the likes of which have never been seen before, have been spotted by astronomers in observations which could…
Orienting on Mars
On Earth we all know that the north celestial pole is indicated by the Polar Star. This happens given that…