Photographer Victor Lima used a 12 millimeter fisheye lens to take this panoramic image of the aurora borealis over the Skógafoss waterfall in Iceland. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Watching the aurora borealis (in the Northern Hemisphere) or aurora australis (in the Southern Hemisphere) is unforgettable. Photographing them is on a whole other level. Capturing these ribbons of light as they move and twist across the night sky transforms even the darkest winter night into a surreal wonderland.

Three meteor showers will peak this month. This delightfully detailed false color image of Saturn is a combination of three images taken in January 1998 by the Hubble Space Telescope and shows the ringed planet in reflected infrared light. Different colors indicated varying heights and compositions of cloud layers generally thought to consist of ammonia ice crystals. The eye-catching rings cast a shadow on Saturn's upper hemisphere, while the bright stripe seen within the left portion of the shadow is infrared sunlight streaming through the large gap in the rings known as the Cassini Division. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday.

Amazon Prime Day is live. See the best deals HERE. A veteran NASA astronaut and a photographer joined forces for a special project. On October 10, 2204, a strong geomagnetic storm lit up the Northern Hemisphere with colorful auroras. Pettit rushed to one of the ISS's windows to document the vibrant curls of green and pink light before they vanished. Fortunately, Tafreshi didn't have to travel far.

This image was in the top 5 candidates in the Astro Landscape category of the 2025 Astrophotography Prize Photographer of the Year. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. After 545 entries from 155 photographers in 35 countries, the winners of this year's Astrophotography Prize Photographer of the Year are officially here. Photographer Ani Shastri of the United States received the top honors for Deep Field Squid Nebula (Ou4), a stunning image of a nebula about six times the size of the full moon. The judging panel featured 20 astrophotographers from eight countries: the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Thailand, Singapore, New Zealand, and Australia.

The image was taken during the G5 storm, the most extreme level of geomagnetic storm, in May. The reds were a level of intensity the photographer had never experienced. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. When the biggest geomagnetic storm in 20 years hit Earth in May 2024, photographer Kavan Chay was in Tumbledown Bay, New Zealand. Armed with a Nikon Z 7 astro-modified camera, Chay captured a absolutely spectacular shot (seen above) of the vibrant aurora that resulted from the G5-level storm.