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Solar eclipse
I've been photographing total solar eclipses for over 40 years – and this is what it was like chasing totality with a film camera back before the internet

By David S Young Published

Solar eclipse In the first of a three-part series, David S Young recalls what it was like to photograph a total solar eclipse with film cameras and without the aid of the internet

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This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) shows Beta Pictoris d, a new planet found orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. The star is at the centre of the frame, and was subtracted when processing the data, revealing the environment around it. The new planet, indicated with an arrow, is the third one found around this star. The other two are Beta Pictoris b –– the bright source to the left, and Beta Pictoris c, orbiting much closer to the star and not seen here. The image was taken with the ERIS instrument at the VLT. Based on its infrared brightness and colour, the new planet appears to be a gas giant, about 2.4 times more massive than Jupiter. The diffuse horizontal band in this image is a debris disc around the star, seen here edge-on, the leftover material of planetary formation.
“We’ve learned not to trust bright blobs in images.” This is one of the most photographed planetary systems, but a faint planet still played hide-and-seek in more than a decade's worth of photos

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

SPACE Researchers from NASA and the ESO have found a new exoplanet hidden inside one of the most photographed regions of the night sky

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View of a starry Milky Way galaxy with colorful nebulae seen through a rocky cave opening overlooking the sea at twilight
4 hours of searching led to this spectacular Milky Way cave photo – "I'm always drawn to locations that feel unique and relatively undiscovered"

By Kim Bunermann Published

NEWS After nearly giving up, the photographer found the hidden cave behind one of this year's most striking Milky Way photographs

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Galaxy.
Astronomers perplexed by new James Webb Space Telescope photos unveiling secrets of a galaxy 11 million light-years away

By Alan Palazon Published

News The images shed light on the galaxy’s past and colorful stars that other telescopes couldn’t in what the dumbfounded astronomers are calling a case of “galactic archaeology”

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Total solar eclipse revealing F corona surrounding the Sun.
Why use huge space telescopes for astronomy when you can blast an astronaut with a Nikon into space – new research paper suggests

By Alan Palazon Published

News An image shot on a handheld Nikon during the recent Artemis II lunar mission has revealed new insights into the evolution of our solar system

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Aurora Borealis.
“Moments like these never get old up here”: astronaut captures mesmerizing image of the aurora from aboard ISS with Nikon flagship camera

By Alan Palazon Published

News Astronaut Sophie Adenot captured an unbelievable aurora “stretching as far as the eye could see”, bolstering her impressive portfolio snapped aboard the International Space Station

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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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