Goodbye Sun. Hello Moon
Goodbye Sun. Hello Moon The awesome scale presented in this image depicts what as far as we’re concerned, are the three most significant objects in the Universe. The Sun and Moon each play an important...
View ArticleMagnetic Maelstrom
Magnetic Maelstrom The darkest patches or ‘umbrae’ in this image are each about the size of Earth, with the entire region of magnetic turmoil spanning the diameter of ten Earths. This image captures...
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Moon Silhouettes
Moon Silhouettes This is a deceptively simple shot of figures silhouetted against a rising Moon. By photographing the people on the observation deck from a great distance, the photographer has...
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Omega Centauri
Omega Centauri Omega Centauri is a globular cluster, a spherical cloud containing several million stars. As this image shows, the stars are more densely clustered towards the centre. The pronounced red...
View ArticleThe Milky Way Galaxy
The Milky Way Galaxy This young astrophotographer has focused on one of the most spectacular vistas looking towards the very centre of the galaxy, capturing the glow of tens of billions of stars...
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The Windows District
The Windows District By keeping the camera shutter open this young photographer gathers precious light, making the desert scenery seem as bright as day. But the stars in the blue sky give the game...
View ArticleRho Ophiuchi and Antares Nebulae
Rho Ophiuchi and Antares Nebulae The smoky appearance of the dust clouds in this image is fitting, since the grains of dust which make up the nebula are similar in size to particles of smoke here on...
View ArticleThe Trapezium Cluster and Surrounding Nebulae
The Trapezium Cluster and Surrounding Nebulae The great Orion Nebula is often described as a ‘stellar nursery’ because of the huge number of stars which are being created within its clouds of dust and...
View ArticleVenus Transit, Foxhunter's Grave, Welsh Highlands
Venus Transit, Foxhunter's Grave, Welsh Highlands For those lucky enough to see it, the transit of Venus was one of the astronomical highlights of 2012. As the Planet took just six hours to cross the...
View ArticleSept 19, 2013
Infrared Saturn and Titan Gemini North infrared image of Saturn and Titan (at about 6 o'clock position). Image obtained on May 7, 2009 (5:31 UTC), using the Altair adaptive optics system with the...
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Approaching Impact at Jupiter This composite is assembled from separate images of Jupiter and comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, as imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in 1994. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9...
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Prawn Nebula The glowing jumble of gas clouds visible in new image make up a huge stellar nursery nicknamed the Prawn Nebula. Taken using the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile,...
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The Colossus in Coma Enormous arms of hot gas have been revealed in the Coma galaxy cluster in data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton. A specially processed Chandra image...
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