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Photo Gallery 1: Top Images of the Week
May 22, 2016 | Editors 1Our creative team has put together a selection of best photographs in news and culture from around the world. Here are the most popular images this week, happy browsing: Read More
Spectacular Images of Turrialba Volcano Eruption
May 13, 2016 | Editors 1Costa Rica’s Turrialba volcano offered a fantastic show both fascinating and frightening. It’s last eruption has been captured with an infrared camera by the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI). Read More
Starburst In Dwarf Galaxy UGC 5797
April 27, 2015 | Editors
Scientists, using NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, are studying a group of very massive blue stars in active galaxy known as UGC 5797. Read More
Spectacular Image: Hundreds Of Galaxies On An Collision Course
March 22, 2015 | Editors
Far away from Earth, the ongoing collision of dense galaxy clusters is creating a stunning show of radio waves. In the region, where clusters of hundreds of galaxies are colliding, these variety of objects are visible only to radio telescopes. Scientists created a ‘true colour’ image of the region to reveal what it would look like if humans could see radio waves, rather than just visible light. Read More
Breathtaking New Image ‘Birth of Stars’ Captured by VLT
March 12, 2015 | Editors
The European Southern Observatory has recently released a stunning photograph in the southern constellation of Ara, or “The Altar”. This area has long been known to contain a vast amount of different celestial objects, but until now, no single image has been produced of the region. Read More
This Is What The World Would Look Like If Different Stars Replaced Our Sun
March 5, 2015 | Editors
How a sunset might look like to a human observer if our Sun was replaced by some of the other stars in our galaxy with different sizes and magnitudes, namely: Barnard’s Star, Gliese 581, Tau Ceti, Kepler-23, Alpha Centauri A, Procyon, Sirius, Pollux, Arcturus and Aldebaran. Enjoy this amazing Photo. Read More
Amazing Image of Dust Devils on Mars Snapped by MRO
March 3, 2015 | Editors
The #photooftheday is an image of a dust devil snapped by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The camera is operated by the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL). Read More
Astonishing Image of Comet Lovejoy will Light Up Your Days
February 28, 2015 | Editors
On December 27, 2014, while scanning the southern sky as part of the Dark Energy Survey, researchers snapped a picture of comet Lovejoy. The survey uses the 4-meter Victor M.Blanco Telescope located at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. The image was captured using the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera, the world’s most powerful digital camera. Read More
NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Takes Best Photos of Dwarf Planet Ceres
February 19, 2015 | Editors
The latest images of Ceres, captured by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft as it comes ever closer to its rendezvous with the dwarf planet, are the sharpest yet obtained, scientists say. Taken as Dawn moves toward entering orbit around Ceres on March 6, the new and improved images have raised more questions about the dwarf planet and its surface than they have provided answers, say scientists. Read More
Amazing Photo! Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014
September 28, 2014 | EditorsFrom clouds dancing across the Milky Way to a stunning solar eclipse over Kenya, the annual competition showcasing the mysterious depths of our universe has revealed some incredible images. West Midlands-based photographer James Woodend beat over a thousand amateur and professional photographers from around the world to win the title of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014. Read More
6 Fantastic Places That Are Hard To Believe Really Exist
July 24, 2014 | EditorsQuick—are you dreaming right now? How do you know? After all, lots of dreams are pretty mundane, and you spend an awful lot of time reading lists, so it could certainly be that this website seeped into your subconscious. Read More
10 Incredible Deep-Space Photos
July 13, 2014 | EditorsThese photos are out of this world! Check out stellar images taken on NASA missions in outer space. Here is the first list (10 photos, credit https://apod.nasa.gov -click the image to zoom) Read More
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