Astrophotography

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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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A NASA rendering of the MoonFall drone
Humans are going to the Moon. Cameras and massive seven-foot drones will help them arrive safely

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

NASA Cameras will help researchers study the Moon's surface ahead of the planned Moon Base, including four seven-foot-wide camera drones

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Person holding light near large baobab trees under a star-filled night sky with the Milky Way visible
"I spent 10 days traveling through Botswana, living out of my car and moving through remote desert landscapes in complete isolation, focused entirely on photographing the night sky"

By Kim Bunermann Published

NEWS Armed with an astro-modified DSLR camera, this photographer crossed remote salt pans and captured ancient boabab trees beneath the Milky Way

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An image of Mars captured by NASA's Psyche spacecraft that shows the entire planet but in the shape of a crescent thanks to a thin slice of sunlight at the bottom of the planet
This photograph isn’t the Moon. It’s Mars. But it’s not the only stunning image coming from Psyche’s Mars flyby

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

MARS A NASA spacecraft on its way to an asteroid has captured several stunning images of the Red Planet

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Observatory under a meteor shower with a colorful Milky Way arching across a starry night sky
Photographer captures Geminid meteors over giant telescope for the first time in stunning 400MP night sky panorama

By Kim Bunermann Published

NEWS A winter Milky Way panorama shows Geminid meteors streaking above the world's largest optical telescope in Spain

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A galaxy glittering with stars and blue and red gas clouds.
Clusters of bright blue stars and glowing red gas clouds steal the show in this new Hubble image of a glittering galaxy that stopped me in my tracks

By Alan Palazon Published

News NASA has published a new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope depicting a nearby spiral galaxy “glittering” with clusters of stars

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NASA's biggest collection of Artemis II images is tucked away in this hidden album, from a colorful moon to star trails

By Alan Palazon Published

News The space agency has released over 12,000 images taken by the astronauts and onboard automated cameras during the 10-day mission, ranging from candid portraits to awe-inspiring scenes of the dark side of the Moon

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Panoramic view of the Milky Way arcing over a salt flat with turquoise pools and distant mountains at twilight
This Milky Way photo looks out of this world – a perfect night sky over a surreal salt flat landscape

By Kim Bunermann Published

NEWS A sky so clear it felt unreal, recalls featured photographer in the 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year

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Astronomical Telescope Starry night. Milky Way Galaxy.
Multiple 40-minute exposures identified hidden moon that even NASA’s Voyager 2 couldn’t detect

By Mike Harris Published

News See the images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope that photographed a hidden moon orbiting Uranus by capturing 10 40-minute exposures over a six-hour period

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