Tag: Space

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...

Sharpless 249 and the Jellyfish Nebula

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

Pleiædes: The Seven Sisters star cluster

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

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.