As part of its celebration of a new year, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has published six different galaxy mergers. These rare astronomical phenomena were captured as part of a recent survey to investigate the rate of new star formations.
As part of the release, NASA/ESA explains that these rare merging events show galaxies undergoing […]. petapixel.com
An astronaut captured a stunning photograph of an extremely rare lightning phenomenon known as a "red sprite" -- which is rarely visible from Earth. [Read More]
Space travel requires instruments made on Earth to be specially adapted to the harsh extra-terrestrial world -- and that includes tweaking a camera's software. [Read More]
The Perseid Meteor Shower is one of my favorite times of the year, there is nothing like getting out of the city on a summer night to watch a star-filled sky as the bright Perseids streak across in vivid colors.
Japaneses astronaut Soichi Noguchi has emerged as the International Space Station’s resident photographer, uploading a slew of incredible images of Earth taken from the Cupola Observational Module.
As we wrap up 2019 and the 50th anniversary of the moon landing in 1969, Sotheby’s has one more NASA-themed auction up their sleeve. Launched yesterday, the Space Photography auction includes over 100 original NASA “red number” prints, including some of the most iconic images to come out of the US space program. This lot […]