Time lapse video of solar flare

Check out this video from Astronomy pic of the day. A 10 second time lapse video showing one of the larger solar flares every recorded.

Awesome Milky Way photo

Check out this Milky Way photo from the "Astronomy Pic of the Day" Website. This one will probably end up as a poster. Very cool.

Also, while I'm at it, I thought this photo of this rare horizontal rainbow was very cool. I've never heard or seen one of these. Read the description below the image for an explanation for how they form.

Jupiter and Venus

If you're like me, leaving work sortof zombified and staring up at the night sky as you walk out to your car in the dark, you've noticed these two really bright stars up in the sky. Turns out they're Venus and Jupiter and there's this very cool photo on astronomy pic of the day showing them with the moon actually passing in front.

Additionally, you've probably heard about the meteor that lit up the sky over Canada that was caught on film. Here's the video. Way cool.

First picture of probably extrasolar planet

"Though over 300 extrasolar planets have been found using other techniques, this picture likely represents the first direct image of a planet belonging to a star similar to the Sun. " - Astronomy Picture of the Day