- November 12, 2025The Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It was…
- November 11, 2025NGC 6357 is a diffuse nebula near NGC 6334 in the constellation Scorpius. The nebula contains many proto-stars shielded by…
- November 10, 2025Though interesting to look at, NGC 1511 is one galaxy you might not want for a neighbour. Seen in this…
- November 9, 2025Fleming 1 is an unusual planetary nebula situated in the Centaurus constellation. It has a pair of symmetrical jets spanning…
- November 8, 2025NGC 134 is a barred spiral galaxy that resembles the Milky Way with its spiral arms loosely wrapped around a…
- November 7, 2025NGC 1316 (also known as Fornax A) is a lenticular galaxy about 60 million light-years (18.4 million parsecs) away in the…
- November 6, 2025NGC 6872, also known as the Condor Galaxy, is a large barred spiral galaxy of typeSB(s)b pec in the constellation…
- November 5, 2025This planetary nebula was discovered in 1955 by the American astronomer George Ogden Abell on the photo plates of the…
- November 4, 2025NGC 6782 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation of Pavo, at a distance of approximately 173…
- November 3, 2025What lies at the heart of this unusual-looking spiral galaxy? The galaxy NGC 4102, featured in this ESA/Hubble Picture of…
- November 2, 2025Nicknamed the Spare Tyre Nebula, IC 5148 is a planetary nebula located around 1 degree west of Lambda Gruis in…
- November 1, 2025NGC 7049 is a lenticular galaxy that spans about 150,000 light-years and lies about 100 million light-years away from Earth…
- October 31, 2025NGC 1055 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy has a prominent nuclear bulge crossed…
- October 30, 2025The Sculptor Galaxy (also known as the Silver Coin Galaxy, Silver Dollar Galaxy, NGC 253, or Caldwell 65) is an…
- October 29, 2025This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month features a cosmic creepy-crawly called NGC 6537 — the…
- October 28, 2025LBN 437, a molecular cloud in the constellation Lacerta, is approximately 1,200 light-years away. Other studies have provided different distances,…
- October 27, 2025A star-studded spiral galaxy shines in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week. This galaxy is called NGC…
- October 26, 2025This nebula was discovered in 1946 by Rudolph Minkowski (Min 1-90) and classified as «diffuse and peculiar nebulosity». Later in…
- October 25, 2025WR 134 is a variable Wolf-Rayet star located around 6,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus,…
- October 24, 2025The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as the Apple Core Nebula, Messier 27, and NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula (nebulosity…
- October 23, 2025NGC 2655 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is at a distance of 60 million light years…
- October 22, 2025NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus. The complex encompasses the emission region designated…
- October 21, 2025NGC 7635, also known as the Bubble Nebula, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11, is an H II region emission nebula in…
- October 20, 2025Today’s ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week features a galaxy that Hubble has captured multiple times over more than 20 years.…
- October 19, 2025The Flying Bat Nebula, also known as Sh2-129, is a large, faint emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus. It is…
- October 18, 2025C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is a non-periodic comet discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey in images obtained on 3 January 2025.…
- October 17, 2025The Ring Nebula (also catalogued as Messier 57, M57 and NGC 6720) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation…
- October 16, 2025Sh 2-1, also known as Sharpless 1, is the combination of a diffuse HII emission nebula and reflection nebula in…
- October 15, 2025The Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It was…
- October 14, 2025Not as well-known as the Leo triplet NGC 5981, 5982 and 5985, collectively known as the Draco triplet are a…
- October 13, 2025The celestial object that is displayed in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is NGC 7496, a…
- October 12, 2025NGC 5907 (also known as NGC 5906, Knife Edge Galaxy, or Splinter Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy located approximately 46.5…
- October 11, 2025The Helix Nebula (also known as NGC 7293 or Caldwell 63) is a planetary nebula (PN) located in the constellationAquarius.…
- October 10, 2025SH2-115 is an emission nebula located about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, near the bright star Deneb. It…
- October 9, 2025It is with great pleasure that we returned to a well-known object for astronomers and astrophotographers. It is always a…
- October 8, 2025The Great Lacerta Nebula (Sh2-126) is an emission nebula about 1,200 light years away in constellation Lacerta (Great Lizard). Part…
- October 7, 2025The glittering galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is NGC 6951, which resides about 70…
- October 6, 2025This ESA/Webb Picture of the Month shows eight stunning examples of gravitational lensing. Gravitational lensing, which was first predicted by…
- October 5, 2025NGC 5248 (also known as Caldwell 45) is a compact intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Boötes. Its velocity with…
- October 4, 2025NGC 7380 is a young open cluster of stars in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cepheus, discovered by Caroline Herschel…
- October 3, 2025NGC 1365, also known as the Fornax Propeller Galaxy or the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, is a double-barred spiral galaxy…
- October 2, 2025The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy 2.73 million light-years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as…
- October 1, 2025Ten thousand years ago, before the dawn of recorded human history, a new light would suddenly have appeared in the…
- September 30, 2025It may look like these comets are racing, but they are not. Comets C/2025 K1 ATLAS (left) and C/2025 R2…
- September 29, 2025Stars of all ages are on display in today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week. This sparkling spiral…
- September 28, 2025SNR G65.3+5.7 is a large, faint supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus, noted for its extensive, diffuse filamentary structure and…
- September 27, 2025The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebulain the Milky Way situated…
- September 26, 2025Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) sports a long ion tail extending diagonally across this almost 7 degree wide telescopic field of…
- September 25, 2025The Sculptor Galaxy (also known as the Silver Coin Galaxy, Silver Dollar Galaxy, NGC 253, or Caldwell 65) is an…
- September 23, 2025Estimates made from distance, brightness and standard solar models had given one star in the open cluster Pismis 24 over…
- September 22, 2025Today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features a galaxy that’s hard to categorise. The galaxy in question…
- September 21, 2025NGC 5248 (also known as Caldwell 45) is a compact intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Boötes. Its velocity with…
- September 20, 2025NGC 5907 (also known as NGC 5906, Knife Edge Galaxy, or Splinter Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy located approximately 46.5…
- September 19, 2025A study in contrasts, this colorful cosmic skyscape features stars, dust, and glowing gas in the vicinity of NGC 6914.…
- September 18, 2025A new visitor from the outer Solar System, comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) also known as SWAN25B was only discovered late…
- September 17, 202518th-century astronomer Charles Messier cataloged only two of them: the bright Lagoon Nebula (M8) at the bottom, and the colorful…
- September 16, 2025Sh 2-185 is an H II region centered on the massive star system Gamma Cassiopeiae (γ Cas) in the northern…
- September 15, 2025What lurks behind the dense, dusty clouds of this galactic neighbour? There lies the star-powered heart of the galaxy Messier…
- September 14, 2025The Helix Nebula (also known as NGC 7293 or Caldwell 63) is a planetary nebula(PN) located in the constellation Aquarius.…
- September 13, 2025VdB 134 is a reflection nebula visible in the constellation of Cygnus. The nebula reflects the light of the star…