Clouds in the Coffee

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is an astounding image from the Juno Orbiter. The first of many to appear here, I'm sure!

Hubble vs. Einstein

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day of a Einstein Ring calls into question the Hubble Constant. I love a good cosmic mystery!

Cell Tower

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us a supercell over Montana. There's an alien mothership in there somewhere, I just know it!

Survey

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day stretches from horizon to horizon and includes all the major planets. "Mouseover" the image for a guide and click on the image to get to the other half of the way.

Hail Hydra

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us NGC 3621, a beautiful spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Hydra.

TRAPPIST-1

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is artwork depicting the seven Earth-sized rocky worlds in the system of TRAPPIST-1.

Shepherd at Work

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a Cassini Orbiter image of Daphnis making waves in the rings of Saturn. Spooky action! Newtonian fun!

Another Quiet Night

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a short video of a quiet night at Las Campanas Observatory.

Three-Tailed Visitor

Comet 2P Encke displays three tails in today's Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Mirrorverse

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us to the mirrorverse. So to speak.

Staggered Moon

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows (in stages) the recent lunar eclipse.

Atoll Galaxy

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows polar ring galaxy NGC 660. Ask not who the galaxy atolls, it atolls for you.

Number One

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us the Tulip Nebula and the mysterious Cygnus X-1.

Something Rotten

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the Calabash Nebula (or the Rotten Egg Nebula!), OH231.8+4.2.

Rose

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day has always been one of my favorite sights in the sky: The Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237.

Polar Flyby

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is another jaw-dropping image from the Juno mission to Jupiter. How many hurricane-like clouds can you spot?

The Cometeers Return

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajusakova. A green comet? Where have we seen that before?

Home Picture

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day looks back at the neighborhood. In 1990, Voyager 1 looked back one last time and showed us where we are.

Towering Heart

Deep in the Heart Nebula (IC 1805) stands a tower of gas. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day peers inside the cluster Melotte 15 to tease out the details.

Ice Crescent

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a crescent Enceladus, around Saturn. Thanks to the hard-working Cassini orbiter for another beautiful view!

Butterfly of Chaos

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302), courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope.

Master of Chaos

An interview with Rick Meints, President of my favorite still-existing game company, Chaosium. I have spent many hours going mad with Call of Cthulhu and questing for runes with RuneQuest. Good to see a favorite spring to new life! Great picture, Rick!

Rock Lobster

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day details the intricate whorls and eddies of the Lobster Nebula (NGC 6357).

Dolphin Dance

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows NGC 2936, stressed by "interaction" and taking on a certain shape. Is it dancing?

Odysseus

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the Odysseus impact basin on Saturn's moon Tethys. Cassini continues to gather data in the last orbits before the the big dive into Saturn.

JET!

A two-year tour of Saturn, concentrating on Titan and Enceladus? Yes, please.

3 Planets, 1 Moon, 1 Station

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day captures a conjunction between the Moon, Mars, Venus and the ISS!

Focus in on Saturn

What's up in the solar system? Courtesy of The Planetary Society, a snapshot. Focus in on Saturn, here you will find Cassini, on final approach and the last legs of its long mission.

Airglow Australis

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is more proof I need to get to the southern hemisphere. "Mouseover" the image in the link for a constellation guide.

Mars is Dead

It's astounding how Mars continues to astound.

Optical Scale

A look at current and proposed ground-based and space-based telescopes. Now if we could only get the European Extremely Large Telescope into space...

Interactions at a Vast Level

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows interactions on the galactic scale. Elliptical galaxy NGC 1316 is a bit distorted after "colliding" with NGC 1317.

Pushing Photons

Planning for a light sail voyage to the nearest stars! A realistic possibility or a thought experiment?

Locals

The neighborhood is still somewhat sparse.

Fractured

How do we get our long-span attention back?

Do we need to?

Orbital Mechanics

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a short video showing extrasolar planets around HR 8799.