7 March 2021
Astronomy Now
  • Home
  • The Magazine
    • About
    • Current Issue
    • Subscribe
    • Renew Subscription
      • February last issue
      • March last issue
      • April last issue
  • AstroFest
  • News
  • Observing
    • UK Sky Chart
    • Almanac
    • Scope Calc
    • DSLR Calc
  • Reviews
    • Equipment
    • Book Reviews
  • Spaceflight Now
  • Shop
  • Contact Us
    • Subscriptions
    • Your Views
    • Ask Astronomy Now
    • Editorial
    • Advertising
Latest News
  • [ 1 March 2021 ] Evidence grows for pulsar at the heart of famed supernova remnant News
  • [ 26 February 2021 ] Juno mission extended, will now study Jupiter’s moons and rings News
  • [ 22 February 2021 ] Video provides thrilling bird’s eye view of Mars landing News
  • [ 19 February 2021 ] Perseverance Mars rover lands on Mars, beams back dramatic photos News
  • [ 16 February 2021 ] The case for, and against, the still-unseen Planet 9 News
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

The UK under a curtain of aurora

19 February 2015 Astronomy Now

16378332049_34877555ac_k
Image: NASA.

NASA astronaut Terry Virts captured this stunning image of  the United Kingdom, Ireland and Scandinavia on a moonlit night beneath an glowing curtain of aurora. Virts, a flight engineer on the International Space Station with Expedition 42, took the image on 6 February 2015.

  • astronaut
  • Aurora
  • International Space Station
  • Ireland
  • Scandinavia
  • Terry Verts
  • UK

Related Articles

News

Experiment devoted to neutron star research installed on space station

19 June 2017 Stephen Clark

A NASA instrument built to help astronomers learn about the structure and behaviour of neutron stars, super-dense stellar skeletons left behind by massive explosions, has been mounted to an observation post outside the International Space Station after delivery aboard a SpaceX supply ship earlier this month.

News

Watch a replay of Soyuz crew’s launch from Kazakhstan

15 December 2015 Stephen Clark

Three crewmen from Russia, the United States and Great Britain blasted off toward the International Space Station on Tuesday, rocketing into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in pursuit of the orbiting research lab.

Picture This

Hubble captures vivid aurorae in Jupiter’s atmosphere

30 June 2016 Astronomy Now

Astronomers are using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study aurorae — stunning light shows in a planet’s atmosphere — on the poles of the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter. This observation program is supported by measurements made by NASA’s Juno spacecraft, shortly to arrive at the gas giant.

Astronomy Now NewsAlert

Get the latest astronomical news and stargazing tips delivered to your inbox.

News Headlines

  • Evidence grows for pulsar at the heart of famed supernova remnant

    1 March 2021
  • Juno mission extended, will now study Jupiter’s moons and rings

    26 February 2021
  • Video provides thrilling bird’s eye view of Mars landing

    22 February 2021
  • Perseverance Mars rover lands on Mars, beams back dramatic photos

    19 February 2021
  • The case for, and against, the still-unseen Planet 9

    16 February 2021
  • Home
  • The Magazine
    • About
    • Current Issue
    • Subscribe
    • Renew Subscription
      • February last issue
      • March last issue
      • April last issue
  • AstroFest
  • News
  • Observing
    • UK Sky Chart
    • Almanac
    • Scope Calc
    • DSLR Calc
  • Reviews
    • Equipment
    • Book Reviews
  • Spaceflight Now
  • Shop
  • Contact Us
    • Subscriptions
    • Your Views
    • Ask Astronomy Now
    • Editorial
    • Advertising

© 2019 Pole Star Publications Limited

Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site!