Astrophotos
Noctilucent Clouds and A Bright Northern Star
[/caption] Noctilucent Clouds are finally here! Well, at least they were for me at about 3:00am on the 29th of…
Close Approach: Images and Animations of Asteroid 2011 MD
[/caption] Today, Monday June 27 at about 17:00 UT, asteroid designated as 2011 MD will pass only 12,300 kilometers (7,600…
Getting Closer: Images, Video of Asteroid 2011 MD
[/caption] Accomplished amateur astronomer and blogger Peter Lake, a.k.a "AstroSwanny" from Australia captured some of the first images of what…
Spying on Spy Satellites with Thierry Legault
[/caption] Shhhh! Don’t tell anyone, but we’ve got pictures….. ground-based pictures of secret spy satellites in Earth orbit. We’re not…
Are YOU the Next Astronomy Photographer of the Year?
[/caption] Astrophotography is one thing we can’t get enough of here on Universe Today and some of the best amateur…
Timelapse: Milky Way from the Dakotas
Growing up in the Dakotas, I can attest to the dark skies that grace the northern plains. However, there is…
Thierry Legault’s Incredible Ground-Based Views of Endeavour’s Final Flight
[/caption] Award-winning French astrophotographer Thierry Legault traveled through Germany, France and Spain during Endeavour's final mission to find clear skies…
Supernova Discovered in M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy
A new supernova (exploding star) has been discovered in the famous Whirlpool Galaxy, M51. M51, The Whirlpool galaxy is a…
Spirit’s Last Panorama
[/caption] Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) features an image mosaic put together in part by Universe Today's Ken…
Dazzling Timelapse: Canary Skies
Tenerife, Canary Islands is home to several telescopes and at 2,000 meters above sea level, it claims one of the…