This is a visualization of the degree of totality of the upcoming solar eclipse that can be seen from each US state, in order of increasing totality. Granted, some of these depend on where you’re at in the state (each lists a specific city), because some states are BIG. Me?

Youtuber Retrofreak84, who I’m guessing was born in 1984 and is 40 years old this year (now I Just need the city he was born in and first pet’s name and I will become Retrofreak), took a gamble on an eBay listing for a vintage Sony Video Tape for a

Note: Much larger version HERE in case you’re in the market for a new desktop background. Captured by astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy using two different telescopes, this is a composite shot of February 5th’s Snow Moon. Andrew captured the 148 megapixel image with the idea of highlighting the hidden colors of

Preparing for our return to the moon in coming years (it’s about time), the recently completed Artemis 1 mission successfully made unmanned moon-flybys with the Orion space capsule, which was just recovered from the Pacific ocean. Artemis 2 will see manned moon-flybys, and Artemis 3, humanity’s return to the moon

This is a timelapse video of yesterday’s total lunar eclipse (aka blood moon) as captured by astrophotographers Astrofalls and Clanger_Mcbanger (great name) from Ironwood National Forest in Arizona. Total lunar eclipses are called blood moons because of their red hue, due to the only sunlight reaching the moon having passed

This is an absolutely magnificent 4K video of earthrise as seen from the moon, created by Youtube user Seán Doran using images captured by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kaguya Orbiter. It features several different angles too. What a trip — Earth looks so small. If you squint though you

This is an animation created using several real satellite images captured by the DSCOVR spacecraft’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) and telescope as the moon transitions earth. The images were taken at a distance of approximately 1,000,000 miles from the planet and feature a glimpse of the far side (aka

This is a four hour orbit of the moon in real time created by astronomical filmmaker Seán Doran using photographs taken by Japan’s Kaguya (Selene) lunar orbiter from 2007 to 2009, and released to the public in 2016. I also included a 30-minute video he created highlighting various lunar features,