Astrophotography

August 25, 2026

See the Closest-Ever Photo of the Sun and Its Swirling Surface of Wild Whirlpools

The cosmos is a beautiful mystery, but one we’re unraveling bit by bit. It helps that new technology and imaging advancements allow us to view outer space in ways we’ve never seen before. The Inouye Solar Telescope is one example. As the world’s most powerful telescope, it recently captured the sharpest photo of the sun we have so far. What the image revealed was that our closest star is covered in literal whirlpools of activity.

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August 13, 2026

See the Most Spectacular Photos and Videos From Europe’s First Total Solar Eclipse in Decades

Europe experienced its first total solar eclipse in decades on August 12, 2026. The path of totality passed through portions of Greenland, Iceland, Spain, and Portugal, among other places on the continent. It was a momentous occasion. In Spain, it was the first time a total solar eclipse was visible from the country’s mainland since 1905, according to the European Space Agency. The astronomical event began around 6 p.m. Central European Time (around 12 p.m.

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May 31, 2026

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Has Snapped Its 100,000th Image of the Red Planet

In 2005, NASA launched the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) from Cape Canaveral. Its mission was to look for evidence that water persisted on the surface of Mars long enough to provide a habitat for life. Over 20 years later, although the mystery remains, this spacecraft has helped astronomers better understand the Red Planet. Last year, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter also reached a major landmark.

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May 7, 2026

These Remarkable Photos of Planet Earth Were Taken 50 Years Apart by NASA

Last month, NASA’s Artemis II mission marked a historic milestone as its crew safely splashed down after traveling to the far side of the moon. While journeying through space on the Orion spacecraft, Commander Reid Wiseman captured a stunning high-resolution image of Earth—only the second time a human has photographed our planet from such a distance since the 1972 Apollo 17 mission.

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