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11 May 2021

Fisheye lens on space station captures vast panorama

8 March 2021 Astronomy Now

Using a wide-angle lens, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured a dramatic near-cloudless view of north Africa and the Middle East.

Hubble captures the “Black Eye” galaxy in glorious detail

3 March 2021 Astronomy Now

M64, more casually known as the “Black Eye” galaxy, is a familiar target for amateur astronomers, but it shines in all its glory – and earns its nickname – in images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

First panorama from Perseverance Mars rover wows scientists

26 February 2021 Astronomy Now

The Perseverance Mars rover, getting a major post-landing software update, beams back a spectacular panorama of its Jezero Crater landing site.

Perseverance beams back first colour picture from the surface of Mars

19 February 2021 William Harwood

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover came through its nail-biting descent to the surface of Mars in excellent condition, beaming back dramatic photos that provide a taste of things to come.

Imagining Perseverance rover’s destination as it once appeared

11 February 2021 Astronomy Now

NASA’s Perseverance rover is on course to land on Mars next week. An artist’s impression shows its target – Jezero Crater – as it might have appeared in the distant past.

Yet another galactic spectacle, with fireworks galore, courtesy of Hubble

2 February 2021 Astronomy Now

The Hubble Space Telescope captures a high-resolution view of NGC 6946, the “Fireworks Galaxy,” a face-on intermediate spiral with an extreme rate of star formation.

Hubble captures spectacular view of a barred spiral in Sculptor

25 January 2021 Astronomy Now

The Hubble Space Telescope provides a bird’s eye view of a barred spiral galaxy in the southern constellation Sculptor that could serve as a textbook example of the most common type of spiral.

Hubble helps astronomers wind back clock on supernova blast

19 January 2021 Astronomy Now

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope trace a supernova’s history by measuring how fast left over debris is moving, concluding light from the blast reached Earth during the decline of the Roman Empire 1,700 years ago.

A stunning intermediate spiral, a brilliant Seyfert galaxy, shows off a compact core

7 January 2021 Astronomy Now

The Hubble Space Telescope captures a bird’s eye view of an energetic Seyfert galaxy, showing a compact, brilliant core that likely harbours a supermassive black hole.

Caught on the hook

5 January 2021 Astronomy Now

A curving arm of the spiral galaxy NGC 2442 trails into extragalactic space in this glorious image from the Hubble Space Telescope.