Milky Way

The outstanding Omega Centauri, largest and brightest star cluster in our Milky Way

Published July 24, 2017 | By Cosmic Tribune

July 24, 2017

[CLICK HERE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION: Mike O’Day]

Behold the largest ball of stars in our galaxy.

Omega Centauri is packed with about 10 million stars, many older than our Sun and packed within a volume of only… Continue reading →

How our galaxy would look from the side

Published May 31, 2017 | By Cosmic Tribune

[Click Here for High Resolution, Lóránd Fényes]

Is our Galaxy this thin? We believe so.

The magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4565 is viewed edge-on from planet Earth. Also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile, bright NGC 4565… Continue reading →

Scenic vistas for astronauts on the International Space Station

Published January 31, 2017 | By Cosmic Tribune

Jan. 31, 2017

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, NASA, JSC, ESRS] Astronauts aboard the International Space Station see some amazing vistas, one of which was captured in this breathtaking picture in mid-2015.

First, visible at the top, are parts… Continue reading →

A galaxy couple 300 million light years away

Published January 6, 2017 | By Cosmic Tribune

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Wolfgang Ries / Stefan Heutz (Astrokooperation)]

The two eye-catching galaxies lie far beyond the Milky Way, at a distance of over 300 million light-years.

Their distorted appearance is due to gravitational tides as the… Continue reading →

Mars poses with the stars, Antares and M4

Published September 14, 2016 | By Cosmic Tribune

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Sebastian Voltmer]

Wandering through this stunning field of view, Mars really is in front of these colorful cosmic clouds.

The mosaic contructed from telescopic images is about 5 degrees (10 full moons) across. It… Continue reading →

The relatively nearby Formax Galaxy Cluster is only 62 million light years away

Published June 16, 2016 | By Cosmic Tribune

June 16, 2016

CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, European Southern Observatory, Aniello Grado and Luca Limatola

The Fornax Galaxy Cluster is one of the closest of such groupings beyond our Local Group of galaxies. This new VLT Survey Telescope image shows the central part of the cluster in great detail. At the lower-right is the elegant barred-spiral galaxy NGC 1365 and to the left the big elliptical NGC 1399.

The Fornax Galaxy Cluster is one of the closest of such groupings beyond our Local Group of galaxies. This new VLT Survey Telescope… Continue reading →

A look beyond stars in our Milky Way to galaxies beyond

Published May 25, 2016 | By Cosmic Tribune

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Dietmar Hager, Eric Benson]

This sharp telescopic field of view holds two bright galaxies. Barred spiral NGC 5101 (top right) and nearly edge-on system NGC 5078 are separated on the sky by about 0.5… Continue reading →

View from and of a robotic observatory in the Canary Islands

Published May 9, 2016 | By Cosmic Tribune

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Mads Fredslund Andersen, Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Aarhus Univ., Denmark]

Near first quarter, the Moon in March lights this snowy, rugged landscape, a view across the top of Tenerife toward La Palma in the Canary… Continue reading →

Omega Centauri is the largest globular star cluster and also nearby … and ancient

Published April 29, 2016 | By Cosmic Tribune

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Roberto Colombari]

This huge ball of stars predates our Sun. Long before humankind evolved, before dinosaurs roamed, and even before our Earth existed, ancient globs of stars condensed and orbited a young Milky Way… Continue reading →

Guess which 2 celestial objects are within our Milky Way galaxy

Published April 21, 2016 | By Cosmic Tribune

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Bob Franke]

Comet C/2014 S2 (PanSTARRS) poses for a Messier moment in this telescopic snapshot from April 18.

In fact it shares the 1.5 degree wide field-of-view with two well-known entries in the 18th… Continue reading →

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