Astrophotography
Euclid space telescope unveils its first stunning images
Nov 8, 2023
Alex Baker
The Euclid telescope has sent back its first images directly from its ‘Dark Universe’ mission. The telescope is part of the European Space Agency‘s (ESA)…
Photographer captures the aurora, STEVE, Milky Way, and a shooting star in one photo
Nov 7, 2023
Alex Baker
The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, have been creating quite a display this week. In fact, the dazzling phenomena have lit up skies much further…
This gorgeous composite captures every supermoon of 2023
Oct 5, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
This year has treated us with four “supermoons.” Talented photographer Soumyadeep Mukherjee (previously) has captured them all in a painstaking, but exciting process. He composed…
Hubble discovers 11-billion-year-old galaxy in early universe
Sep 19, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
An international team of astronomers has recently made an exciting discovery using the Hubble Space Telescope. Led by researchers at the Cosmic Dawn Center in…
This year’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year includes… a Stargate?
Sep 18, 2023
John Aldred
The Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition always fascinates me. I wouldn’t even begin to know how to create most of the…
Amateur vs. James Webb Space Telescope shooting Rho Ophiuchi
Jul 16, 2023
Antoine & Dalia Grelin
Last week, NASA released the latest image from the James Webb Space Telescope, a close-up view on the molecular cloud complex Rho Ophiuchi. This is…
Webb telescope’s images of most distant supermassive black hole
Jul 10, 2023
Alex Baker
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the most distant active supermassive black hole ever observed. The Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey combined…
How this photographer captured the ISS, spacewalk, and a massive sunspot in a single photo
Jul 5, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Capturing the ISS as it transits the Sun or the Moon is one of the holy grails of every astrophotographer. But how about capturing it…
Bortle 1 – the best night skies for Astrophotography
Jul 3, 2023
Roi Levi
Want to see the true colors of the night sky? Well, you need to find a really dark spot. And the darkest is Bortle 1….
Sonification of Stephan’s Quintet galaxy group sounds almost like The Beatles
Jun 27, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
We’ve heard amazing sonifications of space images before, and if you ask me – it’s always a treat to hear a new one. Astronomers and…