A wide angle image of the night sky is punctuated by a radio telescope on the lower left. Two bands of light run through the sky: the Milky Way and zodiacal light. The bands intertwine like a double helix. Near the top is an orange orb that is a totally eclipsed moon. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
这张广角夜空照片左下方可见一架射电望远镜。两条光带横贯天空：银河和黄道光。这两条光带交织在一起，如同双螺旋结构。照片上方附近有一个橙色的光球，那是一轮月全食。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
A night sky is shown above a road going off into the distance. An unusual area of brightened sky that does not block background stars appears diagonally from the lower right across the sky. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
夜空映照在延伸至远方的道路之上。天空中出现了一片不寻常的明亮区域，该区域并未遮挡背景中的恒星，呈对角线从右下方向天空中央延伸。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
A skyscape is shown over a rocky landscape. In the starry sky are the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy on the left, a meteor trail on the right, the dim band of zodiacal light in the center, and the photographer holding a light just below the center. The path of the light is shown as a bright streak in the bottom part of the frame. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
一幅星空图展现在岩石地貌之上。星空中，左侧是银河系的中央盘面，右侧是流星轨迹，中央是昏暗的黄道光带，摄影师正手持闪光灯，位于中心正下方。光线的路径在画面底部显示为一条明亮的条纹。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
2023年5月12日 Halley Dust, Mars Dust, and Milky Way Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horalek / Institute of Physics in Opava Explanation: Grains of cosmic dust streaked through night skies in early May. Swept up as planet Earth plowed through the debris streams left behind by periodic Comet Halley,
2023年2月27日 Zodiacal Ray with Venus and Jupiter Image Credit & Copyright: Ruslan Merzlyakov (astrorms) Explanation: What’s causing that unusual ray of light extending from the horizon? Dust orbiting the Sun. At certain times of the year, a band of sun-reflecting dust from the inner Solar S
2022年10月23日 Milky Way and Zodiacal Light over Australian Pinnacles Image Credit & Copyright: Jingyi Zhang Explanation: What strange world is this? Earth. In the foreground of the featured image are the Pinnacles, unusual rock spires in Nambung National Park in Western Australia. Made of ancient
2022年8月17日 Stargate Milky Way Image Credit & Copyright: Maxime Oudoux Explanation: There is a huge gate of stars in the sky, and you pass through it twice a day. The stargate is actually our Milky Way Galaxy, and it is the spin of the Earth that appears to propel you through it. More typically,
2022年3月1日 Dueling Bands in the Night Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN) Explanation: What are these two bands in the sky? The more commonly seen band is the one on the right and is the central band of our Milky Way galaxy. Our Sun orbits in the disk of this spiral galaxy, so that from in
2021年10月2日 A Light and Dusty Night Image Credit & Copyright: Rodrigo Guerra Explanation: Posing as a brilliant evening star, Venus lies near the western horizon in this southern hemisphere, early spring, night skyscape. To create the composite view exposures tracking the sky and fixed for the f
