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A laser disappears into the Milky Way's heart | Space photo of the day for July 16, 2026

That is quite a view.

Space · Jul 16

Meteor streaks across the sky above big observatory | Space photo of the day for June 5, 2026

Searing across the night sky, a meteor puts on a spectacular show above Arizona's Kitt Peak National Observatory.

Space · Jun 5

Backyard snapshot delivers stunning galaxy image | Space photo of the day for April 27, 2026

The Small Magellanic Cloud, a neighbor of our Milky Way galaxy, stuns in this ambassador's picture.

Space · Apr 27

An adventure photographer planned this amazing shot for eight months. A surprise aurora made the image even more epic. Ice caves, a pilot’s view, and more top the best Northern Lights photos of 2025

The Northern Lights Photographer of the Year 2025 encompasses everything from a stunning ice cave to a pilot's view above the clouds

Digital Camera World · Dec 9, 2025

Large Magellanic Cloud bursts with baby stars | Space photo of the day for Dec. 3, 2025

The vantage point at Cerro Pachón, with its dark skies and high-altitude clarity, enhances the richness of the image.

Space · Dec 3, 2025

Superbright 'Comet Lemmon' gets its tail temporarily torn to pieces by solar wind

An astrophotographer snapped a stunning shot of Comet Lemmon's flowing tail getting shredded by a strong gust of solar wind, just three days before it reaches its closest point to Earth.

LiveScience · Oct 21, 2025

Giant 'X' appears over Chile as 2 celestial beams of light cross: Space photo of the week

The bright band of the Milky Way and the faint glow of "zodiacal light" meet above the mountains of Chile's Atacama Desert in this stunning night sky photo.

LiveScience · Aug 17, 2025

Space photo of the week: Observatory, or alien planet? Boggle your mind with this 360-degree image

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which could change astronomy forever when it comes online this August, looks like a planet all its own in this surreal new photo.

LiveScience · Jan 21, 2024

Space photo of the week: 'Magical' Milky Way cuts through the Valley of the Moon in Chile's Atacama Desert

Astrophotographer Petr Horálek shot this image of the Milky Way dazzling above strange geological formations in the desert close to the ALMA radio telescope array in Chile.

LiveScience · Dec 10, 2023

Photographers capture the exact moment a gargantuan storm blasts out of the sun during a total solar eclipse

A stunning composite image of the sun during a recent 'hybrid eclipse' in Australia is further proof that solar activity is ramping up.

Space · May 15, 2023