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• Bright Perseids from Sweden

  Known for its bright and fast meteors, the annual Perseid Meteor Shower comes to planet Earth's skies from a radiant in the heroic constellation Perseus

• Total Solar Eclipse from Greenland

  On August 12, the Moon's shadow reached out to touch our fair planet

• Total Solar Eclipse Over Spain

  On August 12th, 2026, the Moon totally eclipsed the Sun and cast its shadow across Siberia, Greenland, Iceland, Spain, and Portugal

• Perseids Over a little Planet

  It looks like a view from the Little Prince's planet

• Six Moons of Saturn

  How many moons does Saturn have? While the total will likely continue to grow, as of June 2026 the ringed gas giant had 293 confirmed moons

• Three Galaxy Pairs

  Each of these pairs of galaxies is different

• Contemplating the Sun

  Have you contemplated your home star recently? Featured here, a Sun partially eclipsed on the top left by the Moon is also seen eclipsed by earthlings contemplating the eclipse below

• A Messier Moment for Tempel 2

  Which of these is not a comet? You guessed it - the one on the right is a globular star cluster

• Rubin's COSMOS field

  There are more than half a million galaxies in the central panel of this image from the NSF-DOE Vera C

• New Sharpest Image of the Sun Uncovers Instability

  What does the new sharpest image of our Sun show? Instability