Europa: Ocean World, Habitability, and Missions
Explore Europa’s subsurface ocean, geology, potential habitability, plume evidence, and the Europa Clipper mission—with clear science and expert insights.

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Listen to Bernard Miller describe his journey into AstroPhotography and detail how he captured this stunning image of the Sculptor Galaxy.
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Drew Evans talks about his passion for astrophotography, the equipment used and tips for post processing image data.
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Hear D.j Van Bourgondien as he talks about using his Celestron EdgeHD 8″ telescope to capture this image of the Fireworks Galaxy
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Explore Europa’s subsurface ocean, geology, potential habitability, plume evidence, and the Europa Clipper mission—with clear science and expert insights.

The Horsehead Nebula is a cloud of thick dust and gasses near the star Alnitak in the constellation Orion’s Belt. The Horsehead Nebula is particularly well-loved by professional astronomers and amateur space fans because of its uncanny resemblance to a horse’s head. The unmistakable silhouette, while easy to spot when images of the nebula have

The Meade 8” LX90 ACF is one of several flagship telescopes from Meade’s lineup. The lightweight LX90 fork mount can trace its origins all the way back to the late 1970s when Meade started selling their 2080 8” Schmidt-Cassegrain. The 8” LX90 ACF shares a lot with those original scopes but of course features full