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A green comet can be seen glowing to the right of a deep-space image, with a faint tail extending to the lower left. A swirling red nebula can be seen dominating the background to the left of the screen, with a number of particularly bright stars clustered below a dense horizontal filament of cosmic dust.

Comet SWAN shines with the Pillars of Creation in breathtaking deep space photo

By Anthony Wood published

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) was imaged in October as it crossed the galactic plane of the Milky Way.

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A chaotic nebula scene that appears to take on the appearance of a cosmic lion roaring in deep space against a sea of stars.

A 'rampaging lion' nebula roars to life in a stunning deep-space photo

By Anthony Wood published

The Lion Nebula is located 10,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cepheus

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A silhouetted skydiver falls in front of the boiling sun.

'It was an incredible moment.' Skydiver plunges across the face of the sun jaw-dropping astrophotographer photo

By Josh Dinner published

"I didn't know if it was even possible."

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A glowing comet nucleus and coma are visible to the lower left of an image against a black night sky, punctuated by numerous white points representing stars. A ghostly tail is visible extending diagonally from the nucleus to the upper right corner of the image.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shines in new image captured after close pass by the sun (photo)

By Anthony Wood published

"For me, it is particularly interesting to see how such an interstellar object evolves."

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A swirling red nebula is pictured against a distant starfield

Astrophotographer spies an ancient supernova remnant shining in the wing of a cosmic swan (photo)

By Anthony Wood published

The Eastern Veil Nebula is part of a colossal supernova remnant known as the Cygnus Loop.

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A large spiral galaxy with sweeping spiral arms and a glowing core shines against a sea of stars.

Astrophotographer spies a spiral galaxy bursting with starbirth (photo)

By Anthony Wood published

"This is one of my favourite galaxies for testing new equipment."

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An image of a comet in black and white with lines streaking across the image.

Comet Lemmon photos are plagued by satellite streaks. Here's how amateur astronomers face the problem

By Anthony Wood published

"Every single subframe I take (prior to stacking) now contains at least one, and usually more than one satellite streak."

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A colorful deep space nebula cloud dominates the center of an image, suspended against a distant starfield. The near-circular edge of the cloud is colored ochre, while the center is a pale blue. Dark twists of matter are also visible.

Astrophotographer captures the Elephant Trunk Nebula in breathtaking detail (photo)

By Anthony Wood published

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is located 2,400 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cepheus.

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a close up view of the sun with a fiery tendril extending from the surface out into space and looping back down. the sun's surface looks fuzzy and soft, like you'd want to touch it - but you really shouldn't.

Astrophotographer captures fiery plasma dancing above the sun in stunning close-up video

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Astrophotographer Mark Johnstron captured a mesmerizing cloud of hydrogen plasma dancing above the sun's limb in this breathtaking video.

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two panel image showing a bright flash on the moon with a circle around it highlighting the location.

Astronomer captures 2 meteors slamming into the moon (video)

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

The brief flashes were captured from Earth and could be from the Taurid meteor shower.

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