Deep-sky photos for January 2025: Editor’s picks

Enjoy this gallery of deep-sky photos for January 2025 from our EarthSky community. If you have a great photo to share, send it in. We love to see them!

A filament of the cosmic web! Clearest image yet

A new image from ESO's Very Large Telescope provides what these astronomers called "our clearest view yet" of a filament in the cosmic web.

New Blue Marble image from Blue Ghost spacecraft

The Blue Ghost lunar spacecraft, flown by Firefly Aeronautics for NASA, took this "Blue Marble" picture of Earth from orbit around our planet.

Thousands evacuated as Hughes fire breaks out in LA County

The Hughes fire is currently moving through LA county. It ignited northwest of Los Angeles on Wednesday morning and has spread across more than 10,000 acres.

Comet ATLAS G3 in the sunset’s glow: Pics here!

Comet ATLAS G3 is near the sun just after sunset until about January 20 for those in the Northern Hemisphere. Here are some of the first pics of the comet!

Leo P and a host of other galaxies

Researchers used the Webb Space Telescope to reveal patterns of star formation in a dwarf galaxy, Leo P. The image captured many other galaxies too.

Last night’s moon blotted out Saturn. Pics here!

The moon blotted out Saturn last night, in an event called an "occultation" by astronomers. See photos here from the EarthSky community.

Deep-sky photos for December 2024: Editor’s picks

Enjoy this gallery of deep-sky photos for December 2024 from our EarthSky community. If you have a great photo to share, send it in. We love to see them!

EarthSky’s top photos from 2024: See them here!

See the top photos from 2024 submitted by our EarthSky community. We had an amazing year for skywatchers, from auroras to comets to a total solar eclipse.

Spend Christmas with Comet A3 through the Virtual Telescope

Spend Christmas with Comet A3 in this live feed from the Virtual Telescope Project! Plus see more fantastic images here from community members around the world.