Latest articles by Miguel Claro
A waning crescent moon rises at dawn against the glow of twilight and behind a pink band of clouds, just few minutes before sunrise.
Moonlight reflects off a red puddle of acid water in this photo taken at an old Portuguese mine.
The constellation of Orion is teeming with nebulas in this colorful deep-space image.
In this cloudy, winter scene, a bright and fast meteor crosses the night sky near Arcturus, the brightest star in the constellation Boötes.
A colorful mosaic of the Milky Way shows the dusty galactic core glowing over a puddle of acid water at São Domingos Mine in southeast Portugal.
This lovely skyscape shows the end of nautical twilight above the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain, as the day transitions to night.
The entire arc of the Milky Way galaxy extends across the southern sky in this lovely panoramic view from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in northern Chile.
Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, glows brilliantly near the tip of a telescope's antenna in this photo taken at the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex in Robledo de Chavela, Spain.
Orange moonlight streaks across the evening sky as the Super Blue Moon rises behind a windmill in Sesimbra, Portugal, on Jan. 31, 2018.
The magnificent Trifid Nebula, also known as NGC 6514, is a bright cloud of cosmic dust and gas that serves as a stellar nursery for newborn stars.
A nearly full "supermoon" rises above a pink band in the sky known as the "Belt of Venus" in this photo captured above Lake Alqueva in the Portuguese village of Monsaraz.
One day after the new moon disappeared in the night sky on Dec. 18, the face of the slender, crescent moon was only 2 percent illuminated by sunlight.
Featuring the bright, red supergiant star Antares, the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is one of the most vibrant and colorful nebulas in space and the closest star-forming region to the solar system.
The shimmering arc of the Milky Way stretches high in the sky in this view of Zabriskie Point in California's Death Valley National Park.
The bright planet Venus reflects off the still ocean surface and illuminates the evening sky in this view from the Causeway Coast in Northern Ireland.
A faint spiral galaxy lurks in deep space in this stunning view of the Pleiades, an open star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
A skywatcher uses filtered binoculars to observe a majestic group of sunspots just a few minutes before the sun sets behind the Castle of Noudar in Barrancos, Portugal.
A blaze near Yosemite National Park has created smoky skies for days. The Milky Way is trying to shine above the band of smoke and dust visible from the Tunnel View of Yosemite.
