AE Aurigae i Mgławica Płonąca Gwiazda

2015-11-10 Jesús Vargas

Is star AE Aurigae on fire? No. Even though AE Aurigae is named the flaming star, the surrounding nebula IC 405 is named the Flaming Star Nebula, and the region appears to have the color of fire, there is no fire. Fire, typically defined as the ...

Montaż Międzynarodowej Stacji Kosmicznej

2015-11-09

It is the largest and most sophisticated object ever built off the Earth. It has taken numerous spaceflights and over a decade to construct. The International Space Station (ISS) is currently the premiere habitat for humans in Earth orbit, and ...

Poczwórne niebo nad Wielkim Jeziorem...

2015-11-08 Michael Wilson

This was a sky to show the kids. All in all, three children, three planets, the Moon, a star, an airplane and a mom were all captured in one image near Great Salt Lake in Utah, USA in early September of 2005. Minus the airplane and the ...

Ziemia i Droga Mleczna z kosmosu

2015-11-07

Since November 2000, people have been living continuously on the International Space Station. To celebrate humanity's 15th anniversary off planet Earth, consider this snapshot from space of our galaxy and our home world posing together beyond the ...

Odkrywamy NGC 3169

2015-11-06 Warren Keller

Spiral galaxy NGC 3169 appears to be unraveling in this cosmic scene, played out some 70 million light-years away just below bright star Regulus toward the faint constellation Sextans. Its beautiful spiral arms are distorted into sweeping tidal ...

NGC 1333: Żłobek gwiazd w Perseuszu

2015-11-05 Agrupació Astron?mica d'Eivissa/Ibiza (AAE)

NGC 1333 is seen in visible light as a reflection nebula, dominated by bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by interstellar dust. A mere 1,000 light-years distant toward the heroic constellation Perseus, it lies at the edge of a ...

Wielka Mgławica Oriona M42

2015-11-04 Terry Hancock

The Great Nebula in Orion, also known as M42, is one of the most famous nebulae in the sky. The star forming region's glowing gas clouds and hot young stars are on the right in this sharp and colorful image that includes the bluish reflection ...

Poszukiwanie Wenus pod łukiem Spitzkoppe

2015-11-03 Petr Horálek

What's that in the sky? Although there was much to see in this spectacular panorama taken during the early morning hours of a day in late September, the brightest object in the sky was clearly the planet Venus. In the featured image, Venus was ...

Kometa ISON niszczona przez Słońce

2015-11-02

Most comets don't survive a close encounter with the Sun. Two years ago this month, though, Comet ISON was thought by some to be big enough to withstand its perilous sungrazing dive. The featured video shows the drama as it was recorded by the ...

Droga Mleczna nad Monument Valley

2015-11-01 Wally Pacholka

You don't have to be at Monument Valley to see the Milky Way arch across the sky like this -- but it helps. Only at Monument Valley USA would you see a picturesque foreground that includes these iconic rock peaks called buttes. Buttes are ...