Best Astronomy Pictures of the Year
These are the winners of the competition of Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015, revealing fresh perspectives on astrophotography, alongside some of the great astronomical events
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The Oldest Galaxy we’ve ever found
The farthest known galaxy discovered by researchers, is 13.2 billion years old. Image credit Caltech
Milky Way with reddish Airglow
Photographer Yuri Beletsky captured an exceptionally intense, glorious Milky Way with reddish airglow flooded this Chilean winter night skyscape, just after sunset on September 1. Image
Star Trails above Cape Town
A moonlit night scene, with the impressive star trails above and the urban lights sprawl below, from Cape Town, South Africa. Image credit Eric Nathan
Hubble’s Greatest Hits
National Geographic did a stunning coverage on Hubble Space Telescope, that its pictures have dazzled us for 25 years and change our view to the Cosmos.
The Equinox Total Solar Eclipse on March 20th
The solar ‘equinox eclipse’ on March 20th will be visible from Europe with totality occurring over a part of the North Atlantic, passing over Faroe and Svalbard
Meet our new neighbours orbiting the Milky Way
Meet our new neighbours: Astronomers discovered at least nine ultra-faint satellites in the vicinity of the Magellanic Clouds. New dwarf galaxies orbiting around the Milky Way.
How it would look if the Sun was replaced with other Stars?
How it would look if the Sun was replaced with other Stars? Watch in the video the view from Earth if Polaris, Sirius and the twin stars
Venus and Mercury at Sunset
The inner planets Venus and Mercury in this beautiful image, can never wander far from the Sun in Earth’s sky. Image © Tamas Ladanyi