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NGC 602 and Beyond

The clouds may look like an oyster, and the stars like pearls, but look beyond.

Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk o...

Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice are having grim consequences for penguins...

Lava bursts forth as Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts

Hawaii Volcanoes national park closed due to eruption of one of world’s most act...

The Moon is more colourful than you think. Here’s why

Artemis II crew spot green and brown patches ‘kind of like a piece of pie’

Hickson 44 in Leo

Scanning the skies for galaxies, Canadian astronomer Paul Hickson and colleagues...

Hyakutake: stars through a comet's tail

Comets are cosmic icebergs. They follow very elongated orbits which carry them f...

Galaxies in the River: NGC 1300 and NGC 1297

Spiral NGC 1300 and elliptical NGC 1297 are galaxies that lie on the banks of th...

Cygnus and the solitary tree

A lone tree stands in a quiet meadow in Guadalajara, Spain, silhouetted against ...

NGC 1566: The Spanish Dancer Galaxy

If not perfect, then this spiral galaxy is at least one of the most photogenic.

The Fibonacci sequence in nature

The Fibonacci sequence can be observed in nature, alongside the Golden Ratio. It...

CG 4: The Globule and the Galaxy

Is this a cosmic monster ready to devour an unsuspecting galaxy?

Sirius: The brightest star in the night sky

Sirius is visible on the far left of the above photograph, to the left of the co...

NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster

Globular clusters once ruled the Milky Way. Back in the old days, back when our ...

When roses aren't red

Not all roses are red of course, but they can still be very pretty. Likewise, th...

The Aurora Tree

Pictured is a visual coincidence between the dark branches of a nearby tree and ...