The Whirlpool Galaxy
Located 31 million light-years from Earth, the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) is gravitationally connected to another, smaller galaxy, leading to a
Located 31 million light-years from Earth, the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) is gravitationally connected to another, smaller galaxy, leading to a
A pair of star clusters around 7500 light-years from Earth, but only a few hundred from each other. I’ve been
The Pleiades (M45) is a cluster of hot, young stars 444 light-years from Earth. The stars are passing through a
The Earth’s rotation makes the Sun appear to move across the sky during the day, and the same happens to
The Iris is a reflection nebula, a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by a central star. It is six
A string of bright galaxies around 50 million light-years from Earth that share common motion through space. The brightest two
Vesta is an asteroid measuring approximately 525km across. It’s located within the asteroid belt, which is between the orbits of
M3 is a globular cluster containing 500,000 stars. It formed around 11.4 billion years ago, making it more than twice
Discovered two days before this photo was taken, this nova is white dwarf star 5500 light-years from Earth that, due