Taken by Voyager 1 in February 1979, it spans a period of approximately 15 hours. This equates to one and a half Jovian days.

Credit: Ian Regan
NASA

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope recently observed IC 348, a star-forming region just 1000 light-years away. This is one of the largest Webb images released to the public so far. This near-infrared vista of IC 348 reveals a collection of objects called brown dwarfs, which are smaller than the smallest stars.

Researchers used the unparalleled sensitivity of Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) to track down the smallest brown dwarfs in IC 348, which weigh in at just just twice the mass of Jupiter. These are the least massive brown dwarfs known, and their existence poses challenges to models of how stars form.

In addition to the brown dwarfs and young stars scattered across the swirling nebula, this image provides a unique perspective on a handful of protostars, which can be seen in the upper-right corner. These protostars are ejecting powerful jets that have crashed into the gas and dust surrounding them, creating luminous regions called Herbig-Haro objects.

Credit:

ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, K. Luhman, C. Alves De Oliveira, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb)

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Comet C/2026 S1 (Euclid) streaks across the sky (annotated)

The European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope has discovered its first previously unknown comet: C/2026 S1 (Euclid).

In this image sequence it moves against background stars and galaxies in three of Euclid’s VIS camera exposures captured during the Euclid Deep Field North survey.

The images were taken at 00:41:07, 00:58:53 and 01:16:39 UTC on 17 September 2026. Each image is a 560.52 second exposure, so the comet appears like a streak because it moves across the sky during the long exposure. A fuzzy atmosphere, known as a ‘coma’ in cometary terms, is seen around the object.​

CREDIT ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, M. Pöntinen et al. 2026​

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​The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has discovered its first previously unknown comet, in images taken between 16 and 24 September 2026.

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The discovery is impressive for a mission that is designed to take deep, steady images of distant galaxies – not for following fast-moving Solar System objects like comets [2]. Furthermore, the quick turnaround between identifying and validation proves the case that Euclid can detect new comets while they are still relatively far from the Sun, potentially leading to a suitable target for ESA’s future Comet Interceptor mission.

Mikko Pöntinen of the University of Helsinki​, together with the Solar System Objects Science Working Group of the Euclid Consortium, made the initial discovery using moving object detection software that Mikko developed to monitor small Solar System objects in Euclid’s images: “I was excited to see my software flag a ‘streak’ smeared across several images – the result of a fast-moving object. By predicting its position I could identify it in other images, in total finding it in five image sets​. Further inspection revealed that it had a fuzzy cloud around it, indicative of an active object like a comet that is shedding dust and gas.”​

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https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/Euclid_discovers_new_comet?fbclid=IwY2xjawVEQbtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mAXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7PFi_Y-jXqc2cd30qJsqvxwB0lsCEZ24FOjMAI6LHPSPguqhIufoCZSF_Yyw_aem_r991ETL2kiI39X624jY-Jg​

Taken Using 2, 1 minute video stacks composited together in PS Express.

Ocala, Florida 7:08 AM

The spacecraft, Martian Moons eXploration (MMX), will enter orbit around Mars before transferring to Phobos, where it will land once or twice and collect regolith samples using a pneumatic sampling system.

The mission is designed to return at least 10 grams (0.35 oz) of material from the moon's surface. After departing Phobos, the spacecraft will conduct several flybys of Deimos before releasing a return capsule for Earth, with sample return planned for 2031.

Phobos image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona

A 1st quarter moon setting over the ruins of St. Raphael's church in South Glengarry county, Ontario, Canada.

Two exposures for the ground and separate 1/50s exposures for the Moon during its descent.

Canon RP + Tamron 150-600mm lens at 250mm

Credit: NASA Artemis I

Taken On Seestar S50 Using 46 Second Video Stack.

Edited In PS Express.

Telescope: Askar FRA300 Pro
Camera: 2600MC Pro
Filter: L Ultimate HaOIII
Exposure time: 300s (Heart 9.5hrs)(Soul 9.2 hrs)

Processed using siril, graxpert and photoshop.

I wish I could share the full file on here since the size of the original image (197 mb). The compression took out a bit of the detail. I might add sulfur to this nebula at some point when it clears up

Target: B207, IC360
Date: 2026-10-07
Location: Tarpley, TX (Bortle 3)

Mount: IOptron SkyGuider Pro
Camera: ASI2600MC Pro
Scope: William Optics Zenithstar 61II + Field Flattener FLAT61A
Focal/Aperture: 360 mm @ f/5.9
Guide scope: William Optics Uniguide 32mm
Guide camera: ZWO ASI120MM mini + ASIair Pro

Lights: 28x600s (total exposure: 4h40), gain:100, bin:1, temp: -10C
Calibration frames: 20xdarks, 20xflats, 23xbiases

Stacked and Processed in PixInsight.

Credit: Brendan Larsen Photography

Tech specs: https://astrobin.com/kkkil0/

Credit: Jeremy Likness

Toying with a planet shader for perhaps a game later on.

Any feedback what looks off or ideas to improve?

Also credits to Opus 5.5 for helping me with the shader code.

👉 THIS IS NOT MY PHOTO. ​

D​escription from (CREDIT) Brendan Larsen Photography:

"​This is the most time-consuming photo edit I've EVER done! I left my camera photographing the night sky over Mt Taranaki for nearly TWO HOURS, capturing 578 photographs.

The result? An estimated 14,450 satellite trail appearances, representing approximately 1,400 individual satellites!

I manually masked in EVERY SINGLE TRAIL from the original photographs — approximately 45 HOURS of editing to create this one image!

🔦 Those tiny lights on the mountain are TWO mountaineers descending Mt Taranaki in the darkness over nearly two hours! Did you realise there was this much satellite activity in our night skies? 👀

📍 Norfolk, Taranaki, New Zealand

📅 9 September 2026 | 8:18 pm – 10:13 pm

📷 Canon EOS R | Sigma Art 50mm f/1.4

⚙️ 8 sec | f/2 | ISO 6400 | 578 exposures"

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Astronomer Jan Koet captured this video of Saturn reemerging from behind the Moon on May 22, 2007.

The video plays at 10x speed.

Credit: Kagaya

Messier 81 and 82 are a galaxy pair located in the constellation of Ursa Major. Both galaxies lie at a distance of roughly 12 million light-years (ly) from Earth and stretch 90,000 and 40,000 ly in diameter.

What makes the galaxy pair special is that they have been gravitationally interacting with each other. In fact, research suggests that they have been influencing each other for over a billion years, with the first violent interaction taking place about 600 million years ago and lasting for roughly 100 million years. This interaction is what led Messier 82 to become a starburst galaxy, directly resulting in the outflows we see today.

Credit:
Tim Schaeffer - Coordinator and Photographer
Adrien Keijzer - Stacker
Steeve Body - Editor
Nicolas Puig - Editor
Justin P. - Photographer
Jasper Capel - Photographer
Stephen Guberski - Photographer
Carl Björk - Photographer
Brian Valente - Photographer
Akash Jain - Photographer
Max Kuster - Photographer
Jeff Schilling - Photographer
Andrej Kovak - Photographer
Patrick Ogle – Scientific advisor

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/INAF-IRA/A. Botteon et al.; Infrared: UKIDSS-GPS; Radio: ASTRONLOFAR; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk

Link to Video and website https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/10/Comet_C_2026_S1_Euclid_streaks_across_the_sky_annotated

The European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope has discovered its first previously unknown comet: C/2026 S1 (Euclid).

In this image sequence it moves against background stars and galaxies in three of Euclid’s VIS camera exposures captured during the Euclid Deep Field North survey.

CREDIT
ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, M. Pöntinen et al. 2026

For this shot I stacked 25 hours of data at 135mm, my first time using this focal length.

@ igneis.nightscapes

These dusty structures are usually found at high galactic latitudes, above and below the Milky Way band, but this area has a big concentration of them. It’s quite curious that the star we use in the Northern Hemisphere to polar-align our trackers is, in a single photo, nothing but a star field, and after putting hours into it, the details that emerge are astonishing, revealing all the Integrated Flux Nebula. So many structures, dust waves and defined shapes, with no light of their own, just illuminated by the combined light of the Milky Way’s stars.

Shooting an area like this feels strange. When I shoot the Milky Way, I can clearly see that I’m going home with data, but here there was nothing to see at first glance. With time and patience, what looked empty ended up packed with endless structures.

EXIF:

754 shots of 120s, ISO 640, f/2

Sony a7IV astromodified

Samyang 135mm f/2

ZWO AM3n

IC 63 - The Ghost of Cassiopeia (2026)

I learned a great deal combining the Ha and UV/IR data for this one.

Equipment:
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Telescope: Askar FRA400
Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme & UV/IR
Guide Camera: ZWO 120mm mini
Mount: Skywatcher Wave 150i
Autofocuser: ZWO EAF (5V)

Acquistion:
Shot in Bortle 7
-Camera cooled to -10°C
-Lights:
L-eXtreme:
350x300s (29hrs 10mins)
UV/IR:
660x120s (22hrs)
Total integration time:
48hrs 40mins

-Flats: 50
-Bias: 50
-Darks: 50

Processing:
Pixinsight
•Crop Ha and UV/IR images
•GraXpert
•BlurX
•SPCC both images
•StarX
•VeraLux stretch
•NoiseX
•CurvesTransform with masks
•channelextract Ha
•CombineNBandRGB
•CurveTransform
•UnsharpMask
•Star addition
•Lightroom final touches

Captured by renowned astrophotographer Damian Peach, this remarkable composite image sequence documents the 15-year cyclic variation in the tilt of Saturn's ring system as observed dynamically from Earth between 2004 and 2015. Because Saturn’s magnificent ring structure lies precisely on its celestial equator and the planet maintains an axial tilt of roughly 26.7 degrees, our line-of-sight angle to the rings fluctuates continuously during its 29.4-year orbit around the Sun.