Tag: This Week in Astronomy

Back to Article List This expanding cloud of gas shows what the Sun will become in 6 billion years. The ...

Back to Article List See the Red Planet near a bright group of stars. This graphic shows the position of ...

Back to Article List See a galaxy collision in the sky. The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) is an example of a ...

Back to Article List See the brilliant planet before dawn. The photographer took this image of Venus at dawn at ...

Back to Article List See Venus, Saturn, and more in the morning sky Look in the morning sky to see ...

Back to Article List A great night to see shooting stars This time-lapse image shows many meteors captured during 60 ...

Back to Article List Six of the sky's brightest stars make this huge asterism The Winter Hexagon is a geometric ...

Back to Article List From the right spots, you can see the Moon cover part of the Sun A partial ...

Back to Article List See our natural satellite pass through Earth's shadow. The Moon moves through Earth's shadow during a ...

Back to Article List Try to observe this difficult deep-sky object. The Horsehead Nebula in Orion is a tough observation ...