Astrophotos
More Incredible Geminid Meteor Shower Images and Video
"This shot is a composite of about 700 frames from a time-lapse I took in Big Sur, CA. I found…
Incredible Sky Show: Geminid Meteor Shower Images from Around the World
Geminids at Gates Pass. Composite image from 30 frames of video. Credit: Sean Parker The 2012 Geminid Meteor Shower has…
Astrophoto: Jet Black Moon
Jet crossing the Moon on December 2, 2012. Credit: Sculptor Lil on Flickr A little play on words for the…
Astrophoto: Beam Me Up!
Light beams and the Milky Way. Credit: Peter Greig (St1nkyPete on Flickr) This great shot of the Milky Way includes…
Astrophoto: Angel of the North Gets a Halo
Halo (Comets and Starry Sky Edition). Credit: Peter Greig (St1nkyPete on Flickr) What a stunning shot! It took much of…
Astrophoto: Deep Sky Treasury
The view of the Paranal Observatory: Credit: ESO/Babak Tafreshi A new image captures the stunning view of the night sky…
Do a Doubletake: Jupiter and Europa
Here's a recent view of Jupiter, with its moon Europa just coming into view from behind the planet, as seen…
Astrophoto: Spooky Fingers Reach Out into Space
Dark shadows and dust in VdB 4. Credit: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona It's the Case of the Phantom…
Astrophoto: Just in Time for Halloween: Orion’s Bloody Massacre
The Orion Nebula, or M42 in a hybrid image of old DSLR data with new CCD images. Credit: Astrochuck on…
Astrophoto: Polaris and Circumpolar Rotation in 30 Minutes
This recent image from astrophotographer John Chumack shows the Earth's natural rotation in just 30 minutes of exposure time. Polaris,…