Motion of Barnard’s star over a period of 12 months.

The Trifid nebula M20 12 x 120s RC10

The Eagle nebula last night. 20 x 120s RC10

Large prominence on south west limb of Sun today

TON 618 a 40 billion solar mass black hole lying 11 billion light years distant. 24 x 120s RC10

SN2026kid in NGC5907 has now faded and appears much reddened. 20x120s RC10

Today's Sun in H Alpha showing a nice looped prominence.

The NLO event of the year! All welcome!

The Croc’s Eye Galaxy M94 taken with RC10 40 x 120s showing faint outer ring

SN2026kid now beginning to fade. 30 x 120s RC10

Anyone notice how clear and dark the southern horizon was last night? Here’s 80 x 30s exp with Canon 6D and Samyang 135mm lens on the most colourful patch of sky the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, includes Antares and M4

The universe had a VERY photogenic week 📸🌠 This week’s best astrophotos captured exploding stars, glowing nebulae, and the Milky Way stretching across entire horizons. ▶️See the FULL collection: orbitaltoday.com/2026/05/07/…

Earth peeking over the Moon's horizon; a piece of one of the thousands of photos from the Artemis II mission shared online by NASA this past weekend

SN2026kid in NGC5907 taken last night. 24 x 120s RC10

One question I get a lot is can you see the stars differently from up in space. When we orbit on the night side of the planet, we get a view of the stars very much like being in a very dark place on Earth. And because of our orbital inclination, we get to see the stars of both the northern and southern hemisphere. I captured this shot of our galactic plane from one of the windows of the Crew Dragon Freedom that is docked to the zenith docking port.

Take a few minutes out of your day to look through the gallery of 12 THOUSAND images just released from Artemis 2. eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhoto…

I was honoured to carry the words of His Majesty King Charles III on Artemis II. His reflections on science, responsibility, and what we hold sacred stayed close, all the way around the Moon and back to Earth. @RoyalFamily

SN2026kid in NGC5907 imaged tonight with RC10 26 x120s

It’s #SunDay! Here’s your space weather report for the week of April 17 - 23: •6 M-class flares •0 C-class flares •34 coronal mass ejections •1 geomagnetic storm This video from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) shows the week’s activity. Two X-class flares erupted right after the end of this reporting period — they’ll be first up in next week’s space weather report! Another thing we *don’t* see here: comet PANSTARRS (C/2025 R3)! The comet is currently passing between the Sun and Earth, and ESA/NASA’s SOHO spacecraft is watching the comet as it streaks across the view of its C3 coronagraph. We'll share more views of that comet later; in the meantime, check the latest imagery here: go.nasa.gov/4ue9ppn Learn more about space weather: go.nasa.gov/4bLKwte

🕳️💫 Ce timelapse exceptionnel, réalisé sur près de 20 ans avec le Very Large Telescope (VLT) de l’ESO, révèle des étoiles en orbite autour du trou noir supermassif Sagittarius A* au cœur de notre propre galaxie, la Voie lactée. 📄 : Instrument NACO sur VLT, ESO, MPE