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Last night’s moon over Freedom Tower
Photo taken from Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey.
September 12, 2017
Most detailed color images of Saturn’s rings, ever
As we prepare to say goodbye to Cassini at Saturn - one of the longest-running and most awesome space missions ever - here's yet another first, a finely seen section of Saturn's inner-central B Ring, in natural color.
September 11, 2017
Thursday night was fantastic for auroras
Space weather forecasters predicted the possibility of strong geomagnetic storms, resulting in a strong display of the aurora borealis, or northern lights … and they were right!
September 8, 2017
Asteroid 3122 Florence: Video and images
This large asteroid swept closest to Earth on September 1. It's big enough that astronomers are still catching it in small telescopes, as a small, slow-moving “star.”
September 8, 2017
Giant sunspots, solar flares, aurora alert!
Sunwatchers are still tracking those 2 large sunspot groups making their way across the Earth-facing side of the sun. Then yesterday there was an X-flare! Watch for possible auroras.
September 7, 2017
Saturn riding the Dark Horse
In this project nightflight image, the Dark Horse Nebula has a rider. Turn sideways to see Saturn riding on the horse's neck.
September 6, 2017
Millions of stars
This image sequence from ESA's billion-star surveyor - Gaia - looks toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy and captures some 2.8 million stars.
September 4, 2017
Autumn is coming!
The start of September means that autumn is just around the corner. Manish Mamtani took this shot in September 2016 in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
September 3, 2017
Milky Way over Cape Hatteras lighthouse
John Entwistle captured this shot in mid-August on North Carolina's Cape Hatteras.
September 2, 2017
Venus and bright stars, east before sunup
From our friend Tom Wildoner, a single shot of the morning stars in the sunrise direction. He added labels to help you identify some of the brighter objects on your morning commute!
September 1, 2017
