Final Tour

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us a view from Cassini's final tour of Saturn space. Wow. Just wow.

Arches

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us the spring arches: the Milky Way and the Zodiacal Light (still a quest for me!).

Spooky Action Close Up

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day uses multiple telescopes to study the Antennae. After you're done staring at the image, think about what it might be like to be inside an "interacting" region.

Dust in the Lyra

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows a downfall of Lyrid meteors. "Mouseover" the image in the link for a constellation guide.

Grand Finale

A good rundown on the final legs of the Cassini Orbiter's journey around Saturn.

Etna

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows an eruption at Mount Etna and star trails in the infinite universe.

The Cometeers Approach

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows Comet C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy) and it's recently developed split ion tail.

Black vs. White

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows an epic battle taking place in the oceans of Earth.

Quantum Dots

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is the sort where you need to spend time on the site reading the text. Ponder on.

Blue Dot

Everyone you know is encompassed in today's Astronomy Picture of the Day. Cassini snaps an image of Earth captured in the ring gaps of Saturn.

Star Dust

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us dusty lanes in NGC 4302 and NGC 4298. How many other galaxies can you spot in the picture?

Tumbling Dice

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a series of radar images of Asteroid 2014 JO24. A "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid", it's probably prudent to collect data on this whirling bullet.

Boris

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings the Red Spider Nebula (NGC 6537).

Phospor

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day has phosphorescent glows above and below. Growing up with the sea-related stories by Arthur C. Clarke, his descriptions of glowing plankton and the Milky Way of the southern hemisphere fascinated me. I hope to someday see both!

Swarms

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a short video showing stellar movement over time.

Plumes

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day illuminates recent discoveries by the hard-working Cassini orbiter around Saturn. Does life lurk under the seas of Enceladus?

Station to Station (to Station)

Comparisons between Mir, the International Space Station and Tianhe-1 (possibly not the ultimate name). Alas, no earlier stations in the mix.

Escheresque

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a Escheresque landscape in Bolivia.

You Could Phone a Friend

Another look on how to get to Proxima B, thanks to Douglas Adams.

Star Probe

What would it take to get to Proximia B? A thought experiment takes shape.

Shadows

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings a subtle hint of our world in space.

First Walk

I would really like to see this film about Alexi Leonov's first walk in space. Really.

Five

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a chance encounter between five moons and two planets.

First Up

A fascinating look at our first trip into space. Yuri Gagarian survived thanks to good engineering overcoming haste and workmanship. Luckily!

Triplet

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is the Leo Triplet, riding high in the spring sky. Ah, spring, time of the Messier Marathon!

It's All Perspective

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day: Big Sun, small man, smaller dog.

Tunneling

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows a "tunnel" drilling the way through the cosmic microwave background.

Hale-Bopp

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1), which dazzled us in 1997. Currently there are three (!) binocular comets in the sky, so get out and take a look!

The Runaways

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows Zeta Ophiuchi as it hurtles through the galaxy. Runaway stars are dangerous things. You never know who is at the controls.

Dipper

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us the Big Dipper from inside the ruins of a castle. "Mouseover" the image in the link for a guide.

Full Resolution

I really suggest you click on the link to download the full resolution image of this. Seriously.

Barnard's Loop

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day takes a look at LDN 1633 and Barnard's Loop. Dust, gas and birthing stars, oh my!

Side Eye

What is Hubble looking at right now? Take a look!

Filaments

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows active galaxy NGC 1275. Could be a special effects sequence from a movie, but this is reality (often stranger than fiction!).

Remnant Population

Have astronomers found the remains of a proto-planet in the orbit of Mars?

Outpost

So, is NASA and international partners working on plans to put a station around the Moon? These seem to keep coming back to the same writer, so I'll remain skeptical until I see some real announcements.

Kodachrome

An interesting little article about the Polaroid pictures of director Andrei Tarkovsky.

Halo and Trail

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is an interesting image of atmospheric effects!

Polar Hex

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a magnificent image of Saturn thanks to Cassini. We're going to miss that spacecraft!

The Cave of Stars

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a stacked image of NGC 602 near the Small Magellanic Cloud. Images from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory are combined into one picture.

Red Pill, Blue Pill

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day asks if you will take the blue pill or the red pill.