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silhouette of photographer shooting aurora
Fireworks aren’t the only thing to photograph in the night sky this weekend – sun flares increase the odds of spotting the northern lights

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

10 solar flares emitted over a 24-hour period could bring aurora sightings farther south as early as tonight

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A cosmic image rendered in red, white, and blue that represent the wonders of the universe that NASA explores
These impressive space photos come with…sound? NASA has turned photographs of galaxies and nebulae into songs in a newly released collection

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

NASA In honor of the Fourth of July, NASA has released a patriotic collection of images that also comes with data-centered audio

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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is seen with its dome open during First Look observation activities in April 2025
At 3,200 megapixels, the world’s largest camera has officially started its unprecedented mission. “Today, we begin filming the greatest cosmic movie ever made.”

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

SPACE The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially begun a ten-year time-lapse of the night sky using the world's biggest camera

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This captures a 180° panorama of the rich and colourful summer Milky Way over the iconic Sweetgrass Hills of Montana, specifically the West Butte. (Photo by: Alan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Astrophotography in July 2026: get your camera ready to photograph meteors, the Milky Way and Manhattanhenge this month

By Jamie Carter Published

Astrophotography Everything you need to know about what’s worth photographing in the night skies over the coming month

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iss074e0672727 (June 5, 2026) ---The aurora australis arcs over Earth during an active solar event in this photograph taken at approximately 11:32 p.m. local time from the International Space Station as it orbited 271 miles above the Indian Ocean southwest of Perth, Australia. Credit: NASA/Jessica Meir
I’ve never seen the Southern Lights, but I doubt anything beats this view photographed aboard the ISS by the first mirrorless camera in space

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

SPACE A recent photo taken aboard the ISS shows an unusual view of the Aurora Australis from space

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Mt Vesuvius seen from space.
Astronaut shoots breathtaking aerial photographs of two of Europe's most iconic volcanoes in just one minute!

By Alan Palazon Published

News French astronaut Sophie Adenot captured images of Mt Vesuvius and Mt Etna from 250 miles above the Earth’s surface aboard the International Space Station

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The CSIRO ASKAP radio telescope has built the largest mag of the universe's magnetic fields yet
Magnetic fields are invisible, but researchers have just built the most detailed photo yet showing nearly four million galaxies

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

SPACE Researchers at Australia's space agency have built the largest map of the universe's magnetic fields yet

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Photos from the MAVEN Mars orbiter
These are the best photos from the dead Mars probe - MAVEN orbiter photographed the red planet in unprecedented detail for over a decade

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

NASA The now lost MAVEN spacecraft had an ultraviolet camera on board that snapped impressively colorful images of Mars

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Two men under the Northern Lights
Grab your camera! Four coronal mass ejections could collide into a major northern lights display on June 4 and June 5

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

AURORA Space experts are predicting higher than average odds of seeing the aurora in the northern US, Canada, and even a "slight chance" for northern England

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June 9, 2017 - The rising full moon of June, dubbed the Strawberry Moon, as seen rising over a prairie pond in southern Alberta, Canada. At right, the glitter path from the moon also combines on the water. This illustrates the effect of the moon brightening and becoming less red/yellow as it rises into clearer air above the horizon, with less atmospheric absorption of the short wavelengths.
Astrophotography in June 2026: get your camera ready to photograph the moon and the stars this month

By Jamie Carter Published

Astrophotography Everything you need to know about what’s worth photographing in the night skies over the coming month

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