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Ultraviolet Light
Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than visible light but longer than X-rays. Ultraviolet observations are crucial for studying hot astronomical objects like accretion disks around black holes.
Source: science.nasa.gov
APODs including "Ultraviolet Light"
The Sun in X-rays from NuSTAR
23/11/2021
M57: The Ring Nebula from Hubble
17/08/2021
The Andromeda Galaxy in Ultraviolet
18/07/2021
The Dark Tower in Scorpius
15/07/2021
Rainbow Airglow over the Azores
18/04/2021
The Pelican Nebula in Red and Blue
01/03/2021
Long Stem Rosette Nebula
14/02/2021
Planetary Nebula Abell 78
16/10/2020
Sonified: Eagle Nebula Pillars
Video
30/09/2020
Biomarker Phosphine Discovered in the Atmosphere of Venus
15/09/2020
A Halo for Andromeda
03/09/2020
The Sun Rotating
Video
19/08/2020
Iron in the Butterfly Nebula
21/07/2020
The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty
05/03/2020
A Mercury Transit Music Video from SDO
Video
21/10/2019
Pluto in True Color
10/09/2019
In Wolf's Cave
07/09/2019
M27: Not a Comet
29/08/2019
A Solar Prominence Eruption from SDO
Video
26/05/2019
NGC 6302: The Butterfly Nebula
02/03/2019
Doomed Star Eta Carinae
20/02/2019
Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
16/10/2018
Sun Dance
Video
10/10/2018
The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty
28/09/2018
Coronal Rain on the Sun
Video
27/05/2018
M57: The Ring Nebula
17/04/2018
Colorful Airglow Bands Surround Milky Way
06/03/2018
Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
04/02/2018
NGC 2623: Merging Galaxies from Hubble
10/01/2018
Layers of a Total Solar Eclipse
27/09/2017