Night Sky Pictures: Stargazer Photos of Stars and Planets
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![a telescope sits beside a vast plain ringed by mountains as the sun rises overhead](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8sAUc8rTDGcB7426eoAYRJ-320-80.jpg)
Fire in the sky: Chasing the annular solar eclipse 2023 on the Extraterrestrial Highway
By Brett Tingley published
The deserts of Nevada provided the perfect setting for the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023 in a region known for its love of strange sights in the sky.
![the moon blocks the sun in a ring of fire solar eclipse](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/o9gEzRU2aH74viZYjVutbR-320-80.jpg)
The annular solar eclipse of 2023 is underway! See the 1st 'ring of fire' photos and video
By Tariq Malik published
The first images of the moon passing between the sun and the Earth in a so-called "ring of fire" solar eclipse visible are coming in and the views are amazing.
![telescope image of a rosy-red nebula in deep space, with bright bluish-white stars in the background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YQCiJnPTnGeAWbTQMFvRGL-320-80.jpg)
Rosy red nebula glows in gorgeous new European Southern Observatory photo
By Samantha Mathewson published
The European Southern Observatory's VLT Survey Telescope captured a beautiful new image of the rosy red emission nebula known as IC1284.
![A full moon is seen rising between industrial metal railings ang guards.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SReL9MKny4e6BFdB8tYeL7-320-80.jpg)
Brilliant Harvest Moon, the last supermoon of 2023, wows stargazers around the world (photos)
By Josh Dinner published
The final supermoon of the year, the Harvest Moon of September, gave skywatchers the final lunar thrill of the season.
![A swirling, dynamic, long-exposure image of Paranal Observatory at night. The backdrop of the night sky is a deep blue, with long arcs of white light bending across it horizontally. The circular pattern of stars is broken by two beams of orange light erupting out of a cylindrical telescope house. There are two other similar cylindrical domes to its left, and a smaller one further behind. In the foreground of the image on the right-hand side is the spherical white structure of an Auxiliary Telescope, with its shell open so that the telescope inside can observe the cosmos.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c8KfHqAWbozuea4R6QSNYQ-320-80.jpg)
Lasers cut through star trails in beautiful photo from the European Southern Observatory
By Samantha Mathewson published
A new long exposure image from the European Southern Observatory captures stars as they travel overhead, creating what is known as star trails with the help of bright laser guide star beams.
![a circular overhead view of the sky and shooting stars and the milky way](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aGp3GzBV2EmQYzwgotNug8-320-80.jpg)
Watch the glow of the Milky Way and ghostly zodiacal light during the 2023 Perseid meteor shower (video)
By Miguel Claro published
The new moon glows in the sky above Turkey with the reflected light of Earth shining upon it in gorgeous photos by astrophotographer Miguel Claro.
![a large orange moon hovers over a distant castle built wide across the top of a hill or small mountain.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8dFKw9WgQRyxTMMmmYWu6L-320-80.jpg)
See the Super 'Blue' Moon of 2023 rise over a castle in this epic photo and time-lapse video
By Miguel Claro published
A single shot shows a Super Full “Blue” Moon which don’t have nothing of blue, rising above Monsaraz castle at Dark Sky® Alqueva, in Portugal.
![two images, showing a dark, star-studded sky on the left and a light-polluted city sky on the right.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2MQtRGPwiA7BBYFUvrjhaa-320-80.jpg)
The loss of dark skies is so painful, astronomers coined a new term for it
By Paul Sutter published
Humanity is slowly losing access to the night sky, and astronomers have invented a new term to describe the pain associated with this loss: 'noctalgia,' meaning 'night grief.'
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