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This is the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way. But where is the center of the universe? Infrared image via NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ Susan Stolovy (SSC/Caltech) et al. Where is

The much-anticipated 1st look from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, starring our universe, is coming Monday. Watch in the player above or on YouTube. Vera C. Rubin Observatory to reveal

View larger. | False-color view of the hidden Mars volcano Jezero Mons. It is approximately 13 miles (21 km) across. It had been “hiding in plain sight” as a regular

A planisphere will let you know what stars and constellations are overhead for any night of the year. It’s summertime in the Northern Hemisphere and it’s a great time to

View larger. | Composite image of Uranus (blue) along with some of Uranus’ largest moons. From largest to smallest: Ariel, Miranda, Titania, Oberon and Umbriel (not to scale). A new

View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Peter Lowenstein in Mutare, Zimbabwe, caught the waning moon, Mars and a flock of whistling ducks at dawn on August 9, 2020. Thank you,

This is the Proba-3 spacecraft’s newly unveiled first view of the sun’s corona, or outer atmosphere. This is a filtered visible light view, revealing the corona as a human eye

View at EarthSky Community Photos. | The bright star in the center of this montage of time-exposure photos is Polaris, the North Star. Perhaps you’ve heard it stays still in

View larger. | The Webb space telescope used its NIRCam instrument on May 18, 2024, to capture this image of the massive, cold exoplanet 14 Herculis c. At 26 degrees

This video depicts a simulation of millions of small solar system objects that astronomers said the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will discover in the next 10 years. Video via Jake