Astrophotography

May 20, 2025

Spectacular Images From the 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year Competition

For the eighth year, travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has curated its selection of the top Milky Way photographs, compiling them into the 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year. And for the first time, this selection includes an image from outer space, thanks to the contribution of NASA astronaut Don Pettit. Pettit, who regularly photographs Earth from the International Space Station, contributed a striking photo of our planet.

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April 14, 2025

Astrophotographer Spends 20 Days Photographing the World’s Darkest Skies

Astrophotographer Mihail Minkov recently fulfilled a dream by journeying to some of the world's darkest skies. Minkov, who hails from Bulgaria, spent 20 days in Bolivia and Chile, with a stop on the Easter Islands, to take some spectacular images of the stars. Inspired by images taken in Chile's Atacama Desert, Minkov spent a year and a half carefully putting together his own photo tour to this part of the world.

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March 11, 2025

Astrophotographer Shares His First Spectacular Shots From Milky Way Season 2025

The spring season is upon us, but another one has already started: Milky Way season. It’s a time when the spectacular region of our galaxy, AKA the Galactic Bulge, is visible in the night sky. “I've been shooting Milky Way images for almost a decade, and I still get very excited at the beginning of every new season,” astrophotographer Dan Zafra tells My Modern Met.

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