The internet was young when he and former Goddard colleague Jerry Bonnell thought up Astronomy Picture of the Day (apod.nasa.gov ... to December nights It’s a current yet classic example ...

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day has showcased a mystical image of the glowing tail of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks. ... it is deemed not potentially hazardous based on current computer simulations.

a spinning neutron star that is the remnant of the original star's core," NASA wrote in its latest astronomy picture of the day. AstroBin provides further insight into the origins of Simeis 147 ...

When the Geomagnetic storm hits Earth, the magnetic field lines of the planet temporarily get disturbed, and the process releases extremely high magnetic energy. The energy and heat are enough to ...

In a first, astronomers may have seen light from the merger of two black holes, providing opportunities to learn about these mysterious dark objects. This artist's concept shows a supermassive ...

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day today has a little more of a meteorological aspect to it. The picture below is kind of funky looking right? The question is, what kind of clouds are in this ...

A photograph of the Milky Way taken on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea by Polish astrophotographer Marzena Rogozińska has been named NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), the second time her work ...

Planetary Picture of the Day Week of December 30, 2024. Happy New Year! Enjoy this week's collection of beautiful worlds, distant nebulae, and even a stunning aurora here on Earth. Monday, 30 December ...

Barbara A. Williams (current-day astronomer) Barbara A. Williams was the first African-American woman to achieve a Ph.D. in Astronomy, in 1981 (Image credit: Scott Williams via Astronomers of the ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a new telescope under construction in Chile, will be tasked with mapping the entire night sky in unprecedented detail, every single night.Over a 10-year survey, Vera ...

There are many ways to frame a shot of the eclipse. Look through back issues of Astronomy or check out the Picture of the Day images on Astronomy.com for inspiration. You could mount your camera ...