Sombrero Galaxy (M104 or NGC 4594). A mosaic of six images taken by the Hubble Space…
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Astro Blog
Stargazing Calendar for March 2024
Theta Carinae Cluster (IC 2602). Credit: Tel Lekatsas. License: CC BY 2.0. Embark on a celestial…
How Is a Fireball (Or Bolide) Different From a Meteor?
A fireball falling over ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array). Credit: ESO/C. Malin. License: CC BY 4.0.…
Why Your Kids Will Live on Mars
Terraforming Mars image by Daein Ballard. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. Mars’s daytime temperature hits 35 ºC…
What Is the Zenithal Hourly Rate?
Perseid meteor shower peak in 2023. Credit: Jim Vajda. License: CC BY 2.0. As the night…
What Is an H II Region?
Stellar nursery N159 is an HII region over 150 light-years across located in the Large Magellanic…
What Is the Council of Giants?
The Council of Giants within the Local Sheet. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. The Council of Giants…
Unveiling the Beauty of Stellar Remnants
Pickering’s Triangle in the Veil Nebula. Credit: Michael S Adler. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. In the…
What Is a Wolf-Rayet Star?
Wolf-Rayet star WR 124 and the nebula M1-67 surrounding it. Photo by the James Webb Space…
A Stellar Odyssey through Cygnus
Pelican Nebula (IC 5070 and IC 5067) taken from Leeds UK by amateur astro-photographer urmymuse. License:…