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Standing on the Moon

Man once walked on the Moon.

Albireo: A Bright and Beautiful Double

Sometimes, even a small telescope can help unlock a hidden beauty of the heavens.

Lunar Occultation of Mercury

Fans of the western sky after sunset have lately enjoyed this month's remarkable...

Sharpless 249 and the Jellyfish Nebula

Normally faint and elusive, the Jellyfish Nebula is caught in this alluring tele...

New image reveals secrets of Milky Way galaxy in stunni...

Largest ever image obtained by specialist telescope in Chile represents scientif...

The Egg Nebula from the Hubble Telescope

Ever wonder what it would look like to crack open the Sun?

Spring is in the air!

Snowdrops are earlier, followed by crocuses of different colours.

Pleiædes: The Seven Sisters star cluster

Have you ever seen the Pleiædes star cluster? Even if you have, you probably hav...

The Heart and Soul nebulæ

Is the heart and soul of our Galaxy located in Cassiopeia? Possibly not, but tha...

Twilight with Moon and Planets

Only two days after the February New Moon's annular eclipse of the Sun, a slende...

B93: A Dark interstellar ghost

"A ghost in the Milky Way…” says Christian Bertincourt, the astrophotographer be...

IC 2574: Coddington's Nebula

Grand spiral galaxies often seem to get all the glory, flaunting their young, br...

Orion's Cradle

Cradled in red-glowing hydrogen gas, stars are being born in Orion.

Galactic Collision in Cluster Abell 1185

What is a guitar doing in a cluster of galaxies? Colliding.

Tails of Comet Wierzchoś

Some comets are regular guests of our solar neighbourhood; others come by only o...