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GALLERY: Light and dark in the Milky Way
The bright star cluster NGC 6520 and its neighbour, the dark cloud Barnard 86. In the background are millions of glowing stars from the brightest part of the Milky Way. SET AGAINST A BACKGROUND of...
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New view of the Horsehead Nebula
The rich tapestry of the Horsehead Nebula pops out against the backdrop of Milky Way stars and distant galaxies that easily are visible in infrared light. Image Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team...
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Gallery: The ‘Fireworks Galaxy’
NGC 6946 IS A MEDIUM-SIZED, face-on spiral galaxy located about 22 million light years away from Earth. In the past century, eight supernovae have been observed to explode in the arms of this galaxy....
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Gallery: Supernova remnant B0049-73.6
THE PRECISE DETAILS of how massive stars explode at the end of their lives – a process known as a supernova – remains one of the biggest questions in astrophysics. Located in the neighbouring galaxy of...
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The Crab Nebula
WHEN A MASSIVE STAR EXPLODES at the end of its life, the shattered remains become known as a supernova remnant. The one shown here is called the Crab Nebula. This is a composite view produced with data...
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GALLERY: Solar blast
A CORONAL MASS EJECTION, or CME, has been spotted erupting away from the Sun, in images taken by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft. According to the SOHO web site, a CME is a...
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GALLERY: Black holes galore
AN ASSORTMENT OF BLACK HOLES lights up a new image from NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. Although the coloured blobs might not look like much, every one of them is a black hole...
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Weekly space gallery for January 18, 2014
WELCOME TO THE FIRST of our weekly collections of the best astronomy and space exploration images taken by observatories around the world and in space. Each week we’ll bring you a selection of our...
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Weekly space gallery for January 28, 2014
WELCOME TO OUR WEEKLY COLLECTION of the best astronomy and space exploration images taken by observatories around the world and in space. Each week we’ll bring you a selection of our favourite recent...
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SpaceInfo gallery for 10 February 2014
1. Saturn’s turbulent clouds This colour-enhanced view of Saturn’s clouds, made with data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, shows the progress of a huge, long-lived storm that began way back in December...
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