NGC 2442: A distorted galaxy

Click on the pic, or read about it here.

Endeavor

Click for a bigger pic. Thanks to Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Endeavor leaves the Big Loony Bin

From Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Sun halo over Angkor Wat, Cambodia

From Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Tethys Behind Titan: Two moons of Saturn

From Astronomy Picture of the Day.

NGC 7293

The Helix Nebula and its clouds of glowing dust. Thanks to Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Gloria in excelsis!

Thanks to Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Comet McNaught over Australia, 2007

From Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Bright Sun and Crescent Earth

Click the pic!

Thanks to Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud

See the page at Astronomy Picture of the Day for an explanation; or click the pic for a better view.

This is your planet -- Moon over Sobreda, Portugal

A Halloween picture from Astronomy Picture of the Day.

You can make a real contribution to the exploration of the universe

Read about Galaxy Zoo.

Opportunity on Mars

If we were a sensible species, we'd be building new countries in the sky instead of blowing up the ones we already have.

Image: See APoD for an explanation of the pic and the mission (not a euphemism for "war" in this case).

Star-forming region Sharpless 171

For a bigger view, click on the pic, or here. Thanks to NASA and Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Galactic center, Milky Way

From Astronomy Picture of the Day.

M42, the Great Nebula in Orion

Plus M43 and NGC 1977.

Thanks to Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Click for a larger image.

NGC 6240: Merging Galaxies

From Astronomy Picture of the Day. Click on the pic for a good view.

One-armed spiral galaxy NGC 4725

From APOD.

Hubble over the Cape Verde Islands, from Shuttle Atlantis

And work in progress in the light of a crescent Earth:

Both from the Big Picture.

Sharpless 308

A blue, massive Wolf-Rayet star, possibly pre-supernova, inside a 70,000 year-old nebula. From APoD.

Saturn transits: four moons, two shadows

From Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Comet Lulin passes Saturn...

...at least, that's how it looks in this Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Comet Lulin is still crossing the southern sky.

Orion's belt

Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka, L to R, and a bunch of nebulae.

I can see these stars outside my front door, every clear winter night.

From Astronomy Picture of the Day.

The conjunction over New South Wales

From Astronomy Picture of the Day; click picture for a larger view.

Jupiter, Venus, and Luna over LA

It has been so cloudy here for so long that I have been unable to see this conjunction!
From Astronomy Picture of the Day. Click on the picture to get a really large view.