Tag: Space

Alan Hale, astronomer who jointly discovered Comet Hale...

He was the co-discoverer, with Thomas Bopp, of Comet C/1995 01, better known as ...

A planetary nebula with cosmic Buckyballs

What is happening inside this unusual nebula?

Saturn at night

Telescopic views of Saturn and its beautiful rings often make it the star of sta...

NGC 1514: The Crystal ball nebula

What do you see in this crystal ball? The featured image shows NGC 1514, known a...

NGC 2170: The Angel Nebula

Is this a painting or a photograph? In this celestial abstract art composed with...

James Webb telescope shows hellish, airless exoplanet 4...

Astronomers have gotten their clearest look yet at the surface of an exoplanet —...

Mystic mountain monster being destroyed

Inside the head of this interstellar monster is a star that is slowly destroying...

M82: Starburst galaxy with a superwind

Messier 82 is a starburst galaxy with a superwind. In fact, through supernova ex...

NGC 602 and Beyond

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

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’

First human mission to the moon since 1972 set to launch

Artemis II has already missed two launch windows but the rocket is ready to lift...

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...

NGC 1566: The Spanish Dancer Galaxy

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

When roses aren't red

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

Valentina Tereshkova - pioneering cosmonaut

Dr Elena Rounkova holds a doctorate from the Moscow State University Institute o...