Jan 24, 2018
Mind-Boggling Visual Compares Our Sun to the Biggest Known Stars in the Universe
Just when you think it’s going to stop, they keep getting bigger. Earth for scale.
Tag: astronomy
Apr 27, 2017
In Search of America’s Darkest Skies (24 Photos)
After 3 years, 150,000 miles and 3,000,000 pictures taken, Harun Mehmedinovic and Gavin Heffernan introduce SKYGLOW
Jan 18, 2017
Moon Calendars for 2017
What the moon will look like every evening for the upcoming year
Aug 18, 2016
What the Night Sky Looks Like at 8 Different Levels of Light Pollution
“Lost in Light” by Sriram Murali explores what the night sky looks like at various levels of light pollution; from level 8 in San Jose to level 1 in Death Valley
May 23, 2016
The Entire Universe Explained in 4 Glorious Minutes
Everything you wanted to know about the Universe in 4 funny and informative minutes
May 10, 2016
Canadian Teen May Have Found Lost City Using Ancient Star Maps
No other scientist has found such correlation in the past several hundred years of study of the Ancient civilization
May 4, 2016
Picture of the Day: Saturn’s Little Water World
The water-world Enceladus appears here to sit atop Saturn’s rings like a drop of dew upon a leaf
Oct 19, 2015
The Everyday Astronaut Visits A Flooded Bonneville Salt Flats
For the last two years, photographer Tim Dodd has never travelled without his vintage Russian space suit (an impulse online purchase).
Sep 28, 2015
11 Photos of the Super-Mega-Ultra-Blood-Moon-Eclipse That You Probably Didn’t See
“Ahhh so that’s what that amazing celestial event, that I totally couldn’t see, looked like!” – me every time
Apr 27, 2015
What the Night Sky Would Look Like with No Light Pollution
“Skyglow” is a term used to describe the brightness of the night sky in a built-up area as a result of light pollution. In the video above, timelapse artists Gavin Heffernan and Harun Mehmedinovic combine timelapse astrophotography—filmed at some of the darkest skies in North America&mdas;and splice the footage with night timelapses of major…
