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A dusty and ‘mysterious galaxy’ wins photo contest recognition

25 October 2018 Astronomy Now

Taking top honours in the galaxy division of the 2018 Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, Steven Mohr’s image of NGC 3521 shows a gem embedded in vast clouds of gas, dust and stray stars glowing far out into the surrounding space.

Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year winner announced

24 October 2018 Astronomy Now

American photographer Brad Goldpaint’s image of the Milky Way arcing above a rocky canyon in Utah won the top prize at this year’s Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition organised by the Royal Observatory Greenwhich. Goldpaint’s photo and others in the competition are on display at the National Maritime Museum.

Spitzer images the Cat’s Paw Nebula in all its infrared glory

23 October 2018 Astronomy Now

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope captures a spectacular view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula some 5,000 light years away, showing vast clouds of gas warmed by hot young stars creating huge reddish bubbles that may someday burst into the surrounding space.

Now you see it, now you don’t – a solar transit by the space station

18 October 2018 Astronomy Now

Catching the International Space Station as it crosses the face of the Sun in less than one second is a challenge for even accomplished photographers, but Dani Caxete of Spain captured a potential prize-winner for the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.

Up close and personal with ‘Pulsar in a Box’ simulation

14 October 2018 Astronomy Now

Computer simulations are giving astronomers a detailed view showing how the electric and magnetic fields surrounding fast-spinning pulsars spew out electrons and positrons, accelerating them to near light speed in a complex interplay that dominates the nearby environment.

The Great Horsehead Nebula and its neglected neighbour

12 October 2018 Astronomy Now

A stunning view of the Horsehead Nebula and NGC 2023, a reflection nebula some four light years in diameter, is shortlisted in this year’s Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition organised by the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

XMM-Newton captures a massive galaxy cluster aglow in X-rays

8 October 2018 Astronomy Now

ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray telescope is mapping galaxy clusters across the universe, helping astronomers better understand their distribution, structure and evolution.

Capturing the Eagle Nebula, home of the ‘Pillars of Creation’

5 October 2018 Astronomy Now

The Eagle Nebula, home of the ‘Pillars of Creation,’ is a popular target for astrophotographers. A spectacular photo of the vast nebula is one of those shortlisted for the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest organised by the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

A hidden galaxy seen through a sea of stars

1 October 2018 Astronomy Now

A spectacular view of a “hidden” galaxy seen behind a sea of suns in the Milky Way, an image shortlisted in the 2018 Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.

A deep look back in cosmic time courtesy of Hubble

26 September 2018 Astronomy Now

Among the Hubble Space Telescope’s most iconic images are jaw-dropping “deep field” views of the universe, images showing thousands of galaxies strewn across time and space that illustrate the rapid evolution of the cosmos in the wake of the Big Bang birth of time and space. This “eXtreme Deep Field” view is no exception.