Cosmic Bubble

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a short video journeying to NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula.

I Need to Make a Trip

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us skies to make you weep. "Mouseover" the link to get a constellation guide.

Refractions

Nothing much to see. Just light being bent after passing through the rings of Saturn. I am going to miss Cassini.

Deep Dives

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows us how the Juno orbiter is helping to peel back Jupiter.

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows a mesa on Mars that has undergone some renovation. The ESA's Mars Express really delivers astounding views!

Airbrush

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows Comet 71P/Clark as it passes through a dull part of the sky.

Facings

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us a nearly face-on spiral galaxy, NGC 6744, a spectacular sight in Pavo.

Rich Field

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows a rich treasure of deep sky objects, including one visitor: Supernova SN2017eaw.

Side Eye

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings a familiar spiral look from another view: NGC 4565, in Coma Berenices.

On Approach

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a short video showing a hypothetical approach to Jupiter by spacecraft.

Dust Over the River

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows zodiacal light and subtle nebula over the Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River. "Mouseover" the image in the link for a constellation guide.

Swimming in the Lagoon

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows star formation at the center of the Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8.

Iain M. Banks

Double reward points for fans of Iain M. Banks today: Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe interview Paul Kincaid and Ken MacLeod about Iain M. Banks at The Coode Street Podcast. And over at Tor Dot Com, Karin L. Kross looks at the space opera of Iain M. Banks.

And bonus to the bonus: A Few Notes on the Culture. Who are the Culture? Something Real. A long discussion of The Culture. Iain M. Banks does the same in under 30 seconds. Paul Cornell dramatizes The State of the Art.

Upper Register

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows Messier 101, a spiral galaxy in Ursa Major.

Dragonfly

Over at Tor Dot Com, author Jeffrey Kluger recommends five space travel books.

Slices in the Sky

The night side of Saturn slices through the rings, in this image from several years ago. Courtesy of the Cassini Orbiter! As sad as we are as we approach mission end, so much data has been returned that we'll be uncovering gems for years to come.

Clouds in the Coffee

Courtesy of space ace Jason Major, gaze upon an image from Juno's latest pass of Jupiter.

The Lens Galaxy

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings the Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Nebula (featured in Smith's Lensman series!).

Space Opera

Busy week at Tor Dot Com! It's Space Opera Week! Among the many offerings: Iain M. Banks, women authors of space opera, creating a space opera universe, classic space opera universes (sadly, no classics like "Doc" Smith or Jack Williamson in that list), and space opera empires. Some good stuff here.

Maneuvers

The International Space Station raises orbit ahead of a Soyuz docking scheduled for June.

Hologram Rose

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a pretty amazing image of supernova remnant Simeis 147.

DysonStructure

So about those Dyson Spheres crowding the galaxy, where's the best place to build one?

HCG

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us a member of the Hickson Compact Group of Galaxies, Hickson 90 in the Southern Fish.

Colorful Pair

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a study in contrast between Castor and Pollux.

Ring of Fire

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a video showing energetic storms crossing the United States.

Cup Bearer

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us Ganymede, as imaged by the Galileo orbiter.

Dancing

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a view of auroral activity as seen by the ISS.

Summer Cluster

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is one of my favorite summer sights: The Great Cluster Messier 13 in Hercules.

Crab Canon

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day works across many spectrums to increase our canonical knowledge of a crab.

Swirls

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a Hubble Space Telescope image of UGC 1810, a galaxy in disturbance.

Mirror Dance

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is mirrored. Which is the "real" universe?

Long Duration

A graphical overview of the entire Cassini orbital mission. I'll miss this spacecraft.

Sunny Day on the Beach

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows a sunny (ancient) beach on Mars. MSL Curiosity is on the way to "Mount Sharp"!

Birth of the Tadpole

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows stellar birth in the Tadpole Nebula (IC 410).

Super Cluster

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows galaxy cluster Abell 370 and beyond (courtesy of gravity lensing).

Bull Moon

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day has a "young" Moon meeting the eye of the Bull.

Making Waves

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us waves of gas in the Perseus Cluster.

I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us NGC 3628, popularly known as "The Hamburger".

Robert McCall-esque

I've heard today's Astronomy Picture of the Day described as "Robert McCall-esque". What a shot.

Flickers

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows Cassiopeia A, a supernova remnant surrounding a neutron star.