Two of the sky’s more famous residents share the stage with a lesser-known neighbour in an enormous three gigapixel image from the European Southern Observatory

Two of the sky’s more famous residents share the stage with a lesser-known neighbour in an enormous three gigapixel image from the European Southern Observatory
The image adds to many others made in the past, and together they allow astronomers to study changes in the atmosphere of the gas giant
A curious galaxy has been caught dancing the crazed dance of a galactic merger
Recent colour images reveal more about the dwarf planet
The Martian image comes after NASA’s rover drilled its eighth hole on the Red Planet
From an area free of light pollution, the Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy has been imaged in exquisite detail by the European Southern Observatory
With less than a day until the historic flyby of Pluto, the dwarf planet’s icy surface is becoming more fascinating and complex
We get one final look at Pluto’s Charon-facing hemisphere two days before the flyby
With less than four days until the spacecraft’s close approach to the dwarf planet, imagery of Pluto’s system is truly coming into focus
The New Horizons spacecraft has brought dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon Charon into intriguing focus
An unfamiliar region of one of our closest neighbours – the Large Magellanic Cloud – has been imaged for the very first time.