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The kingdom’s frontier
Toni Fabiani Méndez from Àger, Lleida, Spain The southeastern border of the constellation Cepheus the King is rich in deep-sky objects. Swathes of hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur emission surround nebulae like the Bubble (NGC 7635), the Wizard (NGC 7380), and the Elephant Trunk in IC 1396. The imager compiled 123 hours of exposure in the Continue reading "The k
An extragalactic supernova remnant
Charles Pevsner, taken from Rio Hurtado, Chile LHA 120-N 40 is the glowing debris of a star that exploded in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Milky Way satellite galaxy about 163,000 light-years away in Dorado. The shell that appears in blue was blown out by the supernova, while smaller regions of emission appear as reddish Continue reading "An extragalactic
See it for yourself
As the Artemis 2 mission unfolded in April, I found myself glued to NASA’s YouTube stream, in every room of our home. There were plenty of exciting events, from launch to lunar flyby to splashdown. But for me, the most thrilling moments weren’t what we saw. It was what we heard when the crew reacted Continue reading "See it for yourself" The post See it for