Gwiazdy i pył w Corona Australis

2023-06-22 Alessandro Cipolat Bares

Cosmic dust clouds cross a rich field of stars in this telescopic vista near the northern boundary of Corona Australis, the Southern Crown. Part of a sprawling molecular cloud complex this star forming region is a mere 500 light-years away. ...

Trzy ścieżki słońca

2023-06-21 Marcella Giulia Pace & Giuseppe De Donà

Does the Sun follow the same path every day? No. The Sun's path changes during the year, tracing a longer route during the summer than the winter. Pictured here, the Sun's arc was captured from noon to sunset on three days, from ...

?andú w Drodze Mlecznej

2023-06-20 Fefo Bouvier; Line Drawing: Alfonso Rosso

Have you seen the bird in the Milky Way? Beyond the man in the Moon, the night sky is filled with stories, and cultures throughout history have projected some of their most enduring legends onto the stars and dust above. Generations of people ...

Ruchliwe centrum Mgławicy Laguna

2023-06-19

The center of the Lagoon Nebula is a whirlwind of spectacular star formation. Visible near the image center, at least two long funnel-shaped clouds, each roughly half a light-year long, have been formed by extreme stellar winds and intense ...

Północny sześciokąt Saturna

2023-06-18 NASA, ESA, JPL, SSI, Cassini Imaging Team

Why would clouds form a hexagon on Saturn? Nobody is sure. Originally discovered during the Voyager flybys of Saturn in the 1980s, nobody has ever seen anything like it anywhere else in the Solar System. Acquiring its first sunlit views of far ...

Planeta Ziemia nocą II

2023-06-17

Recorded during 2017, timelapse sequences from the International Space Station are compiled in this serene video of planet Earth at Night. Fans of low Earth orbit can start by enjoying the view as green and red aurora borealis slather up the sky. ...

Od zachodu do wschodu słońca nad...

2023-06-16 Bernd Pröschold

This serene view from the coast of Sweden looks across the Baltic sea and compresses time, presenting the passage of one night in a single photograph. From sunset to sunrise, moonlight illuminates the creative sea and skyscape. Fleeting clouds, ...

M15: Gęsta kulista gromada gwiazd

2023-06-15

Messier 15 is an immense swarm of over 100,000 stars. A 13 billion year old relic of the early formative years of our galaxy it's one of about 170 globular star clusters that still roam the halo of the Milky Way. Centered in this sharp ...

Mgławica Rekin

2023-06-14 Stephen Kennedy

There is no sea on Earth large enough to contain the Shark nebula. This predator apparition poses us no danger as it is composed only of interstellar gas and dust. Dark dust like that featured here is somewhat like cigarette smoke and created in ...

Księżyce na Jowiszu

2023-06-13

Jupiter's moons circle Jupiter. The featured video depicts Europa and Io, two of Jupiter's largest moons, crossing in front of the grand planet's Great Red Spot, the largest known storm system in our Solar System. The video was ...