2021 May 10

The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most famous nebulae on the sky.

They are not alive -- but they are dying.

Of course this little planet is really planet Earth in a digitally stitched 360 x 180 degree mosaic captured high in the Chilean Atacama desert.

These cosmic dust clouds drift some 1,300 light-years away along the fertile starfields of the constellation Cepheus.

Is this a painting or a photograph?

Large spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is seen edge-on near the center of this cosmic galaxy portrait.

This is a good month to see Jupiter.

What does our region of the Universe look like?

Over 4000 planets are now known to exist outside our Solar System.