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Back to Search2024 April 08 - The Changing Ion Tail of Comet Pons-Brooks
In today's image, we see images of comet Pons-Brooks as observed over nine days in March of this year. We can see the distinct changes that have occu…
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2024 April 07 - Total Solar Eclipse over Wyoming
In today's image, we see images from the total solar eclipse of 2017. We can view the progression as the Moon covers more and more of the Sun until i…
1 year, 11 months ago
2024 April 06 - Unwinding M51
In today's image, we see the spiral galaxy known as M51. In this image, the spiral arms have been digitally modified to unwind them using logarithms.…
1 year, 11 months ago
2024 April 05 - The Solar Corona Unwrapped
In today's image, we see two images of the corona of the Sun stretched out so they can be easily compared to one another. On the top is an image from…
1 year, 11 months ago
2024 April 04 - Comet Pons-Brooks at Night
In today's image, we see comet Pons-Brooks at it was seen on March 30. The comet is approaching its perihelion or closest approach to the Sun on Apri…
1 year, 11 months ago
2024 April 03 - Unusual Nebula Pa 30
In today's image, we see the remnant left behind by a star which was observed to explode back in the year 1181. This appears to be an unusual type of…
1 year, 11 months ago
2024 April 02 - Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona
In today's image, we see the corona of our Sun. This is the atmosphere of the Sun and is normally invisible because of the brightness of the Sun itse…
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2024 April 01 - Swirling Magnetic Field around Our Galaxy's Central Black Hole
In today's image, we see an image from the Event Horizon Telescope which allows astronomers to image the regions around the central black holes of ga…
1 year, 11 months ago
2024 March 31 - Total Solar Eclipse Below the Bottom of the World
In today's image, we see a total eclipse of the Sun observed from an airplane in 2021. Sometimes the eclipses occur at points on Earth that are not e…
1 year, 11 months ago
2024 March 30 - Medieval Astronomy from Melk Abbey
In today's image, we see a page of astronomy lecture notes dating back to 1490. The upper diagrams show the explanation of the occurrence of eclipses…
1 year, 11 months ago