Astrophotos
Beautiful Astrophoto: The Moon and the Milky Way Arch
With the arrival of spring, the Milky Way begins its rise in the sky in the northern hemisphere. Now visible…
Stunning Astrophoto: Jet Star Roller Coaster Meets Star Trails
A victim of Hurricane Sandy provides the foreground for a stunning view of star trails over Seaside Heights, New Jersey.…
AstroVideo: The Stars Over Teotihuacan, City of Gods
The ancient city of Teotihuacan, located about 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Mexico City, is the site of several pyramids…
Comet PANSTARRS Meets the Andromeda Galaxy — More Amazing Images
More of our readers had success in capturing the awesomeness of seeing Comet PANSTARRS encounter the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) in…
Astrophotos: We Have Liftoff from the Sun!
Here are three images showing large prominences recently lifting off from the Sun's surface. Solar prominences are sheets or arcs…
Astrophoto: Jungle Sunset
They say that perspective is everything. In this case perspective and filters are what makes this such a great astrophoto!…
Hubble Uncovers Hidden Mysteries in Messier 77
Discovered on October 29, 1780 by Pierre Mechain, this active Seyfert galaxy is magnificent to behold in amateur equipment and…
Astrophoto: Beautiful New Look at the Orion Nebula
The enormous cloud of dust and gas that makes up the Orion Nebula is featured in this beautiful astrophoto. This…
Astrophoto: Stunning Northern Norway Aurora
Photographer Frank Olsen from Norway was feeling left out of the recent auroral activity from the Sun's activity last Friday,…
A Weekend of Comet PANSTARRS: Spectacular Images and Videos
Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) keeps getting easier to see, and over the weekend, we were inundated with images and videos…