It also features Earth and city lights some 250 miles below the orbital outpost. One contributor wrote: “If I saw this in person I’d never want to return to Earth. Simply stunning,” while ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured this stunning long-exposure view of Earth and stars from space at night from the ...

Most people haven't witnessed a true night sky. They may have seen photos of starry skies full of cosmic light, but in person, they only see sprinklings of stars and the moon on a clear night.

They found that “The Starry Night” was turbulent, and not just by artistic standards. A decade later, astrophysicist James Beattie analyzed the variations in luminance in a patch in the middle ...