Aug 10, 2024, 04:10 PM IST
Messier 20, popularly known as the Trifid Nebula, lies about 5,000 light-years away toward the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius.
Denizens of planet Earth typically watch meteor showers by looking up. But this view, captured on August 13, 2011 by astronaut Ron Garan, caught a Perseid meteor by looking down.
A Halley-type comet with an orbital period of about 133 years, Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle is recognized as the parent of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower
To some, they look like battlements, here protecting us against the center of the Milky Way.
Storm Cloud Over Texas
Milky Way Over Tunisia
As Mars wanders through Earth's night, it passes about 5 degrees south of the Pleiades star cluster in this composite astrophoto.
A visitor to the inner solar system every 70 years or so, Comet 13P/Olbers reached its most recent perihelion, or closest approach to the Sun, on June 30
Light-colored spots on Martian rocks, each surrounded by a dark border, were discovered earlier this month by NASA's Perseverance Rover currently exploring Mars
Just a few hundred million years ago, the upper NGC 2936 was likely a normal spiral galaxy: spinning, creating stars, and minding its own business