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ZWO Astronomy photographer of the year 2025

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 by Richard Harris

The shortlist for the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 competition has been unveiled. From a blood moon hanging over Shanghai to a family portrait of the Solar System and a close-up of a comet's streaming tails, distant astronomical wonders are photographed in magnificent detail for all to admire. Now in its 17th year, in 2025 the competition received a r...

Astrophoto app Picastro: Exclusive Interview with Tom McCrorie

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 by Richard Harris

We recently caught up with Tom McCrorie, founder of the Picastro app and a lifelong astronomy enthusiast, shares the personal journey and inspiration that led him to create a dedicated social platform for astrophotographers and space lovers. McCrorie discusses how his early fascination with the night sky, reignited by a birthday gift telescope, evolved into a passion fo...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS to become visible to the naked eye soon

Saturday, June 15, 2024 by Richard Harris

The universe has another treat in store for 2024. Following the recent total solar eclipse and sudden solar superstorms, astronomers are now turning their attention to Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3), which promises to become the “comet of the year” and potentially a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, discovered in February 2023 by...

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October 2024 issue is here!
Started By moonbeam on 10/2/2024 8:12:15 AM

Astronomy Picture of the Day

2026-04-04

Hello World

From pole to pole our fair planet is captured in this snapshot from space, an evocative image from a window of the Orion spacecraft Integrity. From the spacecraft's perspective the Sun is moving behind Earth's bright limb along the lower right. Africa and the Iberian peninsula are in view on the pale blue planet's surface, while aurorae crown Earth's south and north poles at top right and bottom left. Commander Reid Wiseman took the historic picture on Artemis II mission flight day 2 (April 2), after the completion of the planned translunar injection burn. That burn boosted the spacecraft out of Earth orbit, sending Integrity and crew on a trajectory that will take them around the Moon and back again. That's a journey humans last made over 50 years ago.