Night Sky Pictures: Stargazer Photos of Stars and Planets
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Full Hunter's Moon lunar eclipse, last eclipse of 2023, an early Halloween treat for stargazers (photos)
By Robert Lea published
A lunar eclipse visible to potentially millions of stargazers across the Eastern Hemisphere on Saturday offered an early skywatching treat before Halloween.
Home of the world's most powerful telescopes joins the fight against light pollution
By Keith Cooper published
Improved lighting standards coming into force across the whole of Chile will protect astronomy observations, public health and wildlife.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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