An Arizona-based astrophotographer has pulled off what may be an unprecedented feat in photography: capturing a skydiver in free fall perfectly aligned with the surface of the sun. Andrew McCarthy, ...

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy caught the precise moment when our star literally aligned with a falling skydiver, resulting in an "absolutely preposterous (but real) view" of a human silhouetted ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft is on a ...

TL;DR: The Solar Orbiter, launched by the European Space Agency in February 2020, is on a mission to study the Sun. It recently captured a high-resolution image by stitching together twenty-five ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Photograph of the Sun glued to a ...