Blue Marble: Seeing Home as a Whole
After looking at distant galaxies, there is something grounding about returning to a picture of Earth. We recognize the subject immediately, yet the viewpoint remains outside ordinary…
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Webb’s Ariane 5 Launch: The Journey Behind the Images
It is easy to become absorbed in the pictures Webb sends home and forget the journey that made them possible. Before the galaxies and nebulae came a…
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NGC 2841: A Spiral Galaxy Suspended in Silence
Some images of space overwhelm us with color and drama. Others draw us in more quietly, asking us to slow down and take in their depth. The…
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IC 348: A Nursery of Stars and Almost-Stars
Some images from space feel vast and distant. Others feel strangely intimate, as though we are looking into a place where creation is still unfolding. The James…
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A Solar Eclipse in Deep Space: Artemis II’s Remarkable View
Some moments in space feel almost impossible to imagine until we see them. During NASA’s Artemis II lunar flyby, the crew witnessed a solar eclipse that only…
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Earthset From the Lunar Far Side
Some images do more than show us space. They show us ourselves. One of the most moving views from NASA’s Artemis II mission is an “Earthset” captured…
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Arp 273: A Rose Shaped by Gravity
There is something inviting about finding a familiar shape in an unfamiliar place. With Arp 273, the eye settles on a rose: a broad swirl above a…
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The Golden Record: Voyager’s Message to the Cosmos
Today, we embark on a journey not just through space, but through time. Our focus is the golden records placed aboard NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft,…
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Westerlund 1: A Stellar City of Giants
Today, we explore a stellar city like no other—Westerlund 1. Captured in stunning detail by the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam, this dense star cluster is home…
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