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Supernova in the Superwind Galaxy

This is a Type Ia supernova. A white dwarf pulls matter from its companion star until it begins to collapse. Suddenly .. bam! It explodes as a supernova.

Deborah Byrd

January 4, 2015

Volcano shadow in Hawaii

Mountains cast shadows, of course, but it's not often we get this perspective on one. Thank you, Stephen Green of Imaginscape Photography!

Deborah Byrd

January 2, 2015

New Year’s Comet Lovejoy

Wow! Comet Lovejoy is really living up to its name! A wonderful December 29 photo from Justin Ng of Singapore and a link below to how you can see the comet.

Deborah Byrd

December 31, 2014

Year’s end at Achill Island, Ireland

Late December night sky over the Irish island of Achill.

Eleanor Imster

December 30, 2014

Analemma 2014, from Hong Kong

If you could record the position of the sun in the sky at the same time every day for a year, you'd record this figure-8 path, called an analemma.

Deborah Byrd

December 28, 2014

Large Magellanic Cloud

Large Magellanic Cloud as captured by astrophotographer Justin Ng of Singapore. This hazy cloud in Earth's sky is a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way.

Deborah Byrd

December 26, 2014

Celestial snow angel

A massive, young star lies is central to this "snow angel" nebula. Twin lobes of super-hot gas, glow blue in this image, forming the angel's wings.

Deborah Byrd

December 24, 2014

Venus over Saronikos Gulf, Greece

The waxing crescent moon will be moving up past Venus in the first few days of this new week. Watch for them exceedingly low in the west after sunset.

Deborah Byrd

December 21, 2014

Milky Way above Navajo sandstone in Arizona

Those who've been there say the drive to White Pocket - a swirling, twisted, multicolored landscape in northern Arizona - is an adventure in its own right.

Deborah Byrd

December 20, 2014