Space

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A collage with three images: colorful aurora over Earth's curve, a large orange moon behind a city skyscraper at night, and Earth rising above the gray, rocky lunar surface.

Seven Mindblowing Space Photos Taken This Month

Each week, there are thousands of incredible photographs taken in space by NASA, ESA, telescopes, satellites, rovers, and beyond. Sometimes it feels like there is too much space content so PetaPixel has devised a handy article where you can see all of the best images of the cosmos this month.

A galaxy seen edge-on with a bright core divided by a diagonal line; the left side is hazy and smooth, while the right side is detailed with blue spiral arms and stars.

Webb Wears Two Hats to Photograph the Sombrero Galaxy

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) first photographed the Sombrero galaxy late last year. Months later, the $10 billion space telescope has set its sights back on the galaxy, this time at different wavelengths of light, completing a mind-bending photo of Sombrero's galactic disk.

A dense galaxy cluster with bright stars, distant galaxies, and orange arcs of light caused by gravitational lensing against a dark space background.

Webb Captures a Cosmic Forest of Ancient Galaxies

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)'s new "Picture of the Month" shows the mega-monster galaxy cluster Abell S1063. This impressive collection of galaxies is about 4.5 billion light-years from Earth in the constellation Grus (the Crane). However, surrounding Abell S1063 is the true star of the show -- super-distant, ancient galaxies whose light is being warped by the gravitational force of the relatively closer Abell S1063.

Northern lights could be arriving on December 1, 2023

Heads Up, Aurora Photographers: Severe Geomagnetic Storm On the Way

A coronal mass ejection (CME) is headed straight for Earth per NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Space Weather Prediction Center. Astrophotographers should charge their camera batteries, check weather conditions for tomorrow, and prepare for what could be the biggest auroral event of the year.

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Scientists Capture Sharpest Images Ever of Sun’s Corona

Scientists from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) National Solar Observatory (NSO) and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) used groundbreaking adaptive optics to capture sharpest ever photos and videos of the Sun's corona, the outermost layer of its atmosphere.

A rocky, reddish-brown Martian landscape with layered hills and mountains fades into a hazy, distant horizon under a pale sky. The terrain is dry and rugged, covered in loose rocks and dust.

Sit Back and Enjoy NASA’s Epic Landscape Photo of Mars

160 years ago pioneering photographers were among the first to capture the landscapes of the Sierra Nevada and Yosemite. One and a half centuries later, a robot on Mars is recording the first-ever views of Martian landscapes that bear a resemblance to those found in the southwestern United States.