Today, after more than 10 years, ESA’s comet-chasing space probe “Rosetta” finally meets up with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. We spoke with Mark McCaughrean who shares exciting details about Rosetta, his job as an astrophysicist as well as astrophotography with us.
The European Space Agency is frequently uploading impressive photos and other images from their projects to Flickr. Check out this selection of stunning space phenomena.
At the end of last month, this year’s first partial solar eclipse was spectacularly visible in some parts of Australia. The partially blocked sun appeared in cloudy skyscapes filled with a spectrum of cool and warm tones taken from photographers based in Adelaide, Perth, and Brisbane.
The Geminid Meteor Shower, a celestial display caused by the Earth passing through debris from an asteroid, and Comet Lovejoy made fantastic appearances in the […]
“A rare solar eclipse swept across parts of the US, Africa and Europe on Sunday. This phenomenon is described by NASA as a “hybrid eclipse,” […]
The full moon that welcomes the beginning of autumn is known as the harvest moon, and many of you captured it’s beauty from various locations […]
On Aug. 20, the blue moon, or third full moon this season, captivated many photographers who took these terrific shots. See, and share, more spectacular […]
Starting in early August and peaking this past weekend, Perseid meteors streaked across skies around the world. The Perseids, named for the constellation Perseus from […]
Over the weekend, many skywatchers caught the moon in its biggest appearance of this year. Arriving at the closest distance from Earth on June 23, […]
These are just a few of the stunning space photos that the European Space Agency and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center have recently […]
Stargazers from around the world conjured nocturnal instincts to witness this year’s set of shooting stars known as the Leonid Meteor Shower. […]
“A rare, complete solar eclipse dominated the northern Australian skyline on Wednesday, shrouding part of the country in complete darkness. It was […]