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Back to Search2026 March 07 - Two Eclipses of Saros 133
In today's image, we see two images of eclipses from earlier this year and another from 18 years ago. These represent two eclipses from the same Saro…
8 hours ago
2026 March 05 - The Astrosphere of HD 61005
In today's image, we see a bubble of material being expelled from a young sun-like star by its stellar wind. This may be similar to our own Sun when …
2 days, 8 hours ago
2026 March 05 - Total Lunar Eclipse over Tsé Bit'a'í
In today's image, we see images of the total lunar eclipse from a couple of days ago as its sets behind the rock feature known as Tsé Bit'a'í in the …
2 days, 8 hours ago
2026 March 03 - Shapley 1: An Annular Planetary Nebula
In today's image, we see an example of a planetary nebula which is the end state of a star much like our own Sun. The outer layers are expelled out i…
3 days, 8 hours ago
2026 March 03 - Flying over the North Pole of Mars
In today's image, we see a video created from various still images taken by the Mars Express spacecraft in 2019 which give a view that we might see f…
4 days, 8 hours ago
2026 March 02 - The Dusty Surrounding of Orion and the Pleiades
In today's image, we see the region of the sky around the constellations of Orion and Taurus. This is a prominent region of the winter sky and the lo…
5 days, 8 hours ago
2026 March 01 - The Moon During a Total Lunar Eclipse
In today's image, we see our Moon as it passes into Earth's shadow during a total lunar eclipse. The red color we see is cause by light that passes t…
6 days, 8 hours ago
2026 February 28 - Lunar Occultation of Mercury
In today's image, we see two images of the Moon and Mercury - one just before and the other just after the occupation that occurred on February 18 of…
1 week ago
2026 February 27 - Sharpless 249 and the Jellyfish Nebula
In today's image, we see two nebulae - Sharpless 249, an emission nebula to the upper left. We also see the Jellyfish Nebula, a supernova remnant to …
1 week, 1 day ago
2026 February 26 - Webb and Hubble: IC 5332
In today's image, we see the spiral galaxy IC 5332. We show it here in two images taken by different telescopes. The Hubble image, taken in visible/u…
1 week, 2 days ago