Slide show 2026

Earth - Meteor

  • 001-south-carolina-meteorite.jpg June 26, 2025, South Carolina and Geroga article
  • 002-meteor_2025_impact.jpg Where it bounced off the floor.
  • 003-metor_2025.jpg This Meteorite punched a hole through a Georgia roof, is older than the Earth article
  • 005-MeteoriteFireballOverEurope2026March.jpg Bright flash from meteor over Germany, March 8, 2026 article
  • 006-Koblenz_Meteorit.jpg Found this on ground article
  • 007-cleveland_fireball.png Fireball over Cleveland, March 17th 2026 article
  • 008-Cleveland_meteorite.jpg Carpenter in Cleveland found a big chunk. article
  • 011-Texas-meteorite.jpg Texas fireball March 22, 2026 4:45PM, Ponderosa Texas article
  • 012-22xp-meteorite1-superJumbo.jpg Went through the roof in house. article
  • 015-pacific_nw_usa.png March 25, 2026, at 6:06am, Portland Oregon. article
  • 019-qvac.jpg Quantum Vacuum - Disturbances in the vacuum at a Quantum level article

    Earth - Weather

  • 020-earth_magnet.jpg Map of the world's magnetic field article
  • 025-Valther-Jorgensen-_03A3450_1768866311.jpg Auroral "dunes", 1/19/2026 images
  • 030-satellitechicago.png Dust storm over Chicago, May 16 2025 article
  • 032-texasdust_amo_20260315.jpg Dust storm over Texas, March 15, 2026, GEOS-19 weather satellite article
  • 034-mtetna.jpg Mt Etna erupting June 2, 2025 article
  • 036-choe-hyon-class-after-copy.jpg North Korea launches a new destoyer that tips over. Tried to hide it. article
  • 040-new_york_iss_3k.jpg New York city, December 20, 2025 at 4AM from ISS reference
  • 045-antarctica_under_ice.png Antarctica under the ice, GEBCO satellite data article
  • 048-smoke_epc_20250531_lrg.jpg Wildfire smoke and dust, May 31, 2025 article

    Earth - Telescopes

  • 080-ELT_top.jpg ELT support structure for the 39 meter mirror article
  • 090-iotw2431a.jpg Vera C. Rubin observatory in Chili comes on line web page

    Earth - Launches

  • 100-orbital_launches_by_year.png 324 orbital launches in 2025 web page
  • 105-FB_IMG_1767646455908.jpg All of the launch vehicals for 2025.
  • 110-soyuz_damage.jpg Soyuz 2.1a rocket launched on 11/27 on Pad 6 at Baikonur broke the pad, only active launch pad article
  • 120-new_glenn_launch.png New Glenn rocket launches 2 probes to mars article
  • 121-New-Glenn-landed.jpg And sticks the landing for the first time. article
  • 130-c_2025-06-17c_004H.jpg Honda is getting into the rocket business article
  • 135-stratolaunch_talon.png Stratolaunch launches Talon-2A, hypersonic test vehicle article
  • 138-Yaogan50-02-CZ6A-TSLC-15march2026-CASC.jpg China launches KZ-11 in retorgade orbit, orbits every 50 minutes article

    SpaceX

  • 140-spacx10000.png SpaceX lauches it 10,000th Starlink satellite, 132nd falcon 9 launch Oct 19th article
  • 141-starlink-35956.jpeg Starlink-34343 blew up in orbit, May 2025. article
  • 143-flt11-liftoff.jpg Starship contiunes test flights (this is 11), V3 coming on line article

    ISS

  • 160-dragon_crew5.png The new Axiom launch is the first launch of the dragon crew capsule grace, the 5th and last capsule. article
  • 165-JAXA-HTV-1280x720-1.jpg Japan launches a cargo drone to ISS article
  • 166-progress_cargo.jpg Progress 94 cargo, had to be manually guided in. reference
  • 168-cygnus_new.jpg NG-23, new larger Cygnus cargo drone article
  • 170-iss_full.png For the first time, all 8 docking ports occupied on ISS. 12/1/2025 article
  • 175-endeavour_return.png Mike Fincke had a problem on ISS, so Endeavour came home early. article
  • 180-rad_fungus.png A black fungus was found growing on the inside of the reactor at Chernobyl. Luaunched to ISS. It eats radiation. "radiosynthesis" article
  • 180-iss_moss.jpg Some moss spores were left on the outside of ISS for 9 months. Turns out they were fine. article
  • 190-china_space_station.png China's space station, busy year. article
  • 192-snhezhou20.png Chinese Shenzhou 20 returns to Earth empty after being hit by space junk. Window cracked. article

    Orbit

  • 200-satellite_trails.png Images taken near the north pole on Feb 22. All of those satellite orbits have to converge somewhere. article
  • 205-mauve_first_image.png Mauve, commerical space telescope first image, Eta UMa article
  • 208-csst.jpg Xuntian (Tour of heaven) Chinese space telescope (2 meter) to be attached to the Tiangong space station 2Mpixel imager article

    Moon

  • 210-Artiumus_in_hanger.png Artimus 2, went out to the pad and back 3 times. (prices = 31 starships) article
  • 211-artimus_lift_off.jpg Finally took off on April 1st at 6:35PM article
  • 212-artiums_lauch_iss.jpg Artimus launch as seen from ISS
  • 212-zArtemis_II_MissionMap_still_2025-2.png Flight path of Artiums II reference
  • 213-artiumus_space.jpg Artiums in space Reference
  • 214-artimus_earth.jpg First shot of Earth by humans in 50 years. article
  • 215-earth_night_artiums.jpg Earth at night, Artiums
  • 216-moon_artiumus.jpg Back side of the moon, Artiums Reference
  • 218-Earth_moon_artimum.jpg Earthrise from Artiums. Reference APOTD
  • 220-content_M1350367385LR_1300p_panel.png LRO found a fresh crater on the moon, now called "freckle". article
  • 225-ispace_moon_lander.jpg June 5th, Japan's Ispace "Resilience" moon lander crashes. article
  • 226-Japan-Moon_Landing_33521.jpg Ispace crash site from LRO. article
  • 250-active_spacecraft.png Active spacecraft

    Sun

  • 302-sun_south.png Parker solar probe, First image of the sun's south pole article
  • 305-November_XFlares_All_6_Inset_Multi.jpg On November 11, 2025 there were 6 Class X solar flares. caused aurora reference
  • 308-Sylvain-Weiller-20250204-1213UT-X4-Flare-Sunspot4366_1770219834.png On Febuary 4th there was a X4.2 flare aimed directly at earth. Blackouts in europe. reference
  • 312-sun_storm.png 14,000 years ago there was a solar storm 500x the 2003 Halloween solar storm article

    Mercury

    Venus

    Mars

  • 400-escipade_mars.png Twin ESCAPADE spacecraft to be launched to Mars on New Glenn article
  • 405-jpegPIA26566.jpg Mars in IR from the Europa clipper on way to Jupiter article
  • 410-mars_age_water.png History of water on Mars article
  • 415-acheron_fossae_mars.png Acheron Fossae erosion valley on Mars Mars Experss 20 years in Mars orbit. article
  • 418-mars_dust_devel.png Tracking 1000 dust devils on mars article
  • 420-mars_dark_streaks.png Dark streaks on Mars may just be slope linneae article

    Mars Surface

  • 450-pia26693-curiosity-surveys-the-boxwork-region-web.jpg Curiosity exploring "boxwork", a series of low ridges. article
  • 455-toby_mars.jpg Timboy Chaco, large pitted rock, Curiosity rover. In at boxwork formation article
  • 460-M2020-5th-selfie_annot.jpg Perseverance rover selfie with dust devil web page
  • 465-mars_jezero_microbes.png best signs yet that there was life on mars. spots, Jezero Crater, Perseverance article

    Asteroids

  • 502-tianwan2.jpg Tianwan-2 mission, China, sample return, then a comet
  • 505-psyche_earth.png Psyche probe takes a look back at the earth article
  • 508-comet_maps.jpg On April 4th comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) is vaproized by the sun. article
  • 510-Interstellar3I_nasa_2913.jpg Another interstellar visitor, 3I/Atlas, comet article
  • 515-comet_i3_mars.jpg Comet 3I/Atlas taken from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, 10/2 article

    Jupiter

  • 550-Jupiter2_WebbSchmidt_3283_annotated.png Jupiter JWST Article
  • 555-JupiterClouds_JunoThomopoulos_2048.jpg Jupiter from the Juno space craft. Several poles imbedded in magnetic field article
  • 560-jupiter_aurora.jpg Aurora on Jupiter, JWST article
  • 565-jupiter_lightening.jpg Lightning on Jupiter is 100x on earth, Hydrogen atmosphere not Nitrogen article

    Saturn

  • 580-stsci_saturn.jpg Saturn, JWST and HST article
  • 585-titan_shadow.png Titan's shadow on the surface of Saturn article
  • 586-titan_jwst.jpg JWST and Keck image of Titan, methane clouds article

    Uranus and Neptune

  • 602-uranus_hst.png Titania and Oberon, moons of Uranus, gather dust, Uranus magnetic file at a right angle to the sun. article
  • 605-Uranus_collage_January_2025_annotated_pillars.jpg Close up on Uranus weather, JWST article
  • 607-uranus_moon.jpg Webb telescope discovers a new moon around Uranus article

    Pluto, minor planets

  • 650-2023kq14.png Subaru telescope discovers 2023 KQ14, a very old possible dwarf planet article
  • 660-oort_cloud.png The Oort cloud is a spiral. Found by figuring out where comets started out at Hayden planetarium article

    Galaxy

  • 705-betelgeuse.png Betelgeuse has a blue companion article
  • 706-betelgeuse_comp.png Betelgeuse's companion leaves a trail in orbit. article
  • 722-Wispit4b_eso_960.jpg WISPIT 2b exoplanet from the VLT. reference
  • 725-jwst_exop.png JWST images sub jovian planet in TWA7 disk article
  • 728-HD206893b_moon.jpg VLT observations show HD 206893 B 28x Jupiter has a moon about the size of Jupiter. 133 ly away article
  • 740-MP_RubinImages_main.jpg First light image from Rubin Observatory, Lagoon and Trifid nebula article
  • 760-SPHEREx-first-images-comparison.jpg SPHEREx first light image. IR space telescope article
  • 765-ScyllaB_LerouxGere_2094.jpg Supernova remnant Scylla, and planetary nebula Charybdis, discovery images. Found my amateurs going over DSS data. article
  • 770-jwst3star.jpg Pismis 24 star forming region, JWST article
  • 775-darkcloud_final_12_12k_taggedv1.jpg Euclid, LDN 1641 interstellar gas cloud article
  • 780-IrasDisk_Webb_2045.jpg IRAS 04302: Butterfly Disk Planet Formation article

    Deep Space

  • 805-web-2026.02.12-pic.jpg A star in M31 vanished. article
  • 810-rubin_virgo.png Vira Rubin first light image of Virgo cluster article
  • 820-Hubble_NGC2775_potw2538a.jpg NGC 2775 A galaxy between spiral and elliptical. article
  • 830-jwst_big_wheel.jpg The Big wheel, JWST, galaxy from when the universe was only 2 billion years old. 4 times bigger than milky way, should not exist. article
  • 840-STScI-01K7PSFCSX5NBNBT6778SKHZ2D.jpg Dark matter galaxy CDG-2 article
  • 900-little_red_dots.png LRDs (little red dots) found by JWST in most deep images. 600 Million years after big bang. Article
  • 910-082725_MP_RFB.jpg Brightest FRB observed so far. March 2025, 130 million LY away article
  • 999-question_mark_jwst.png A Question mark in space article

    Movies

  • Georgia meteor video
  • Another Georga Meteor video
  • Fireball over Germany
  • Dust storm over Chicago
  • New Glenn launch video 4:54
  • 10,000 starlink launch 15:06
  • Spacex Starship flight 9
  • South Atlantic Anomaly 1:18
  • Flying over earth at night 2:29
  • Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) got too close to the sun
  • Pluto flyover 1:59
  • Charon flyover 1:05
  • 2025 astronomy the yearin review talk As given to the ADK club.
  • more movies!