Mind-boggling images shortlisted for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year - 9News

Breathtaking images of the Milky Way rising, galaxies colliding, gas clouds twirling on the sun, and the lu...

Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille first observed what later became known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy on 23 February 1752 from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. This image, taken exactly 270 years lat… [+195 chars]

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