Astrophotography

    This photo shows the moon and five planets of the Solar System lined up in the sky

    Jun 29, 2022 Dunja Đuđić

    This summer, astrophotographers and astronomy enthusiasts are up for a real treat. If you point your camera up to the sky before the sunrise, you’ll…

    Photographers, don’t miss five planets lined up in the sky in June and July

    Jun 23, 2022 Dunja Đuđić

    How often can we see, with our naked eye, five planets of our solar system lined up in the sky at the same time? And…

    The story behind how this amazing photograph of the “Fairy Tree” Milky Way was created

    Jun 22, 2022 John Aldred

    Sometimes, you’re sitting on social media, scrolling away and something stops you in your tracks and you just can’t help but sit and stare. That…

    Hubble photo shows that Milky Way will collide with Andromeda galaxy. Are we doomed?

    Jun 7, 2022 Dunja Đuđić

    NASA has released a Hubble image that’s jaw-dropping and frightening at the same time. It shows our Galaxy, the Milky Way, heading towards a collision…

    Feast your eyes on the epic top photos of 2022 Milky Way Photographer of the Year

    May 18, 2022 Dunja Đuđić

    When you move away from the city’s light pollution, a whole new world is waiting to be photographed. One of the most popular subjects is…

    Quick grab your camera, the UK’s starry skies are the clearest they’ve been for ten years

    May 18, 2022 Alex Baker

    Great news for any UK based astrophotographers, or indeed for anyone travelling to the UK who wants to photograph the night sky. The night sky…

    This is what the lunar eclipse looked like from the International Space Station

    May 17, 2022 Alex Baker

    Were you lucky enough to capture the blood moon this week? The full lunar eclipse should have been visible from Earth in North and South…

    First photo of the black hole in the centre of the Milky Way is revealed

    May 13, 2022 Alex Baker

    Astronomers have unveiled the first image ever of Sagitarrius A* (Sgr A*), the enormous black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy….

    Webb’s latest galaxy photo will blow your mind with its sharpness

    May 10, 2022 Dunja Đuđić

    The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is finally complete. After successfully finishing all seven alignment stages, the telescope is now ready to run and it’s…

    This is the highest resolution photo taken of the sun, ever

    May 6, 2022 Alex Baker

    An 83 megapixel image of the sun has been captured by the Solar Obiter in a joint project by the European Space Agency (ESA) and…