A view of the galaxy NGC 5195, home to a supermassive black hole located in the upper right hand corner of the image. The black hole...
Can you find the border? Image via Wikipedia A Nasa Earth Observatory spokesman said at the time the picture was taken: 'North Korea is almost...
I know, I know, we recently posted another AstroPicture... but I can't help it if there's too much space awesomeness! Here, the annual Geminid meteor shower did not disappoint, peaking before...
NASA released a stunningly colorful new image of the dwarf planet Pluto, the latest in a series of images that steadily trickle down from the New Horizons probe since it...
The first (seen in the first animation) took place on September 7 and the second one on the November 2. People though these were some planes crashing, but were later...
We generally look at clouds from below, but thanks to this lovely picture from the International Space Station, we also get amazing views like this one. Notice the shades from...
We've seen Pluto in all its splendor recently thanks to the New Horizons mission that flew by the former planet / currently planetoid, but just when you thought it can't...
It was Stephen Hawking who said: We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the universe. That’s...
All APODs are spectacular in their own way - but every once in a while, there's one that's just amazing. This is the case with Petr Horálek's picture of the Perseids....
Reddit user aryeh95 captured this mind blowing photo after many "failed attempts": "After many failed attempts I finally made my first full Milky Way arch panorama"
A total solar eclipse took place on November 23, 2003; the Moon elegantly set itself in between the Sun and the Earth, but this was only visible from the Antarctic...
Chang'e are a series of Chinese lunar-orbiting spacecrafts and rovers, part of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. Here are just a few of the pictures taken during the mission. The...
I stumbled upon this image a while ago, and reddit user ethan829 was kind enough to identify and name them. I managed to verify most of them. Credits for the image edit...
A solar flare is a sudden flash of brightness observed over the Sun's surface or the solar limb, which is interpreted as a large energy release. The sun emitted a mid-level solar...
The Helix Nebula in infrared. Image credits: NASA/Spitzer. The Helix Nebula used to be a star much like our Sun, but it is now in a...
NASA's Orion spacecraft awaits the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage for a ride home. Orion launched into space on a two-orbit, 4.5-test flight at 7:05 am EST...
Rosetta is a robotic space probe built and launched by the European Space Agency to perform a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko - and here is how the surface of...
The Milky Way is breathtaking no matter how you look at it, but in this picture, it looks absolutely stunning. Astrophotographer Adam Woodworth took this image from the Raven's Nest...
When you think about it, they weren't really that far off from what we are doing today, which you can see below. However, some key elements are indeed different -...