Just 22 light-years away, WISE J0254+0223 is a T8 brown dwarf with an estimated effective temperature of ~620 K (350°C). Too low in mass to sustain hydrogen fusion, it glows mainly in infrared-a cool neighbour revealed by a decade of motion.

(5099) Iainbanks: a roughly 6 km asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter every 3.9 years. Named after Iain M. Banks, creator of the Culture novels. Seen here moving against the stars on 7 October 2026.

A crescent of Mars, captured by Hope during orbit 47. The close-up appears to show Valles Marineris on the right. 📸 Emirates Mars Mission / EXI / UAE Space Agency / MBRSC / LASP / EMM Science Data Center / Thomas Thomopoulos

Every 3.5 years, (96536) 1998 SO10 travels from closer to the Sun than Venus to far beyond Mars. This Apollo asteroid follows an elongated orbit tilted by about 41°. Discovered by LONEOS in 1998. Images: Catalina Sky Survey, 21 Sep 2026.

(32146) Paigebrown is about 4 km wide and orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter every 3.65 years. Seen here in Catalina Sky Survey images from 21 September 2026.

2006 KD40 belongs to the Apollo family of near-Earth asteroids. Its elongated orbit carries it from roughly Earth's distance from the Sun to well beyond Mars, completing a lap around our star every 2.9 years.

Meet (5885) Apeldoorn: an asteroid roughly 17 km across, orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. Discovered at Palomar Observatory in 1973, this small world in the main asteroid belt takes about 5.5 years to complete one journey around the Sun.

Known asteroid (4229) Plevitskaya in motion: four 30-second exposures spanning 22 min 31 s on 29 June 2026. Real observations, accelerated. Data: Catalina Sky Survey / Mt. Lemmon / PDS. Processing: Thomas Thomopoulos with Codex.

NGC 6188 - The Altar Dragons Astronomical data: Telescope Live / CHI-6-CCD. Processed with the assistance of Codex; adjustments and final touches: Thomas Thomopoulos

Real starlight, explained with AI ✨ M20, the Trifid Nebula: glowing gas, dark dust lanes and scattered starlight.

Andromeda, ~2.5 million light-years away ✨ 18 minutes of real starlight captured with iTelescope T26, processed by Codex Astra. An RGB view from 9 exposures, with a light final enhancement.

The Eagle Nebula — brought to light by Codex Astra ✨ AI processing of 7 hours of real telescope observations. Custom SHO false colours, with star colours from RGB data. Data: iTelescope Processing: Codex Astra

Neptune’s Great Dark Spot and companion clouds, seen by Voyager 2 on 22 August 1989. 📸NASA/JPL/Voyager 2/Thomas Thomopoulos

Clouds and shadows on Neptune, seen by Voyager 2 on 25 August 1989. 📸NASA/JPL/Voyager 2/Thomas Thomopoulos

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Neptune’s south polar region - Voyager 2, August 17, 1989. Enhanced processing highlights bright clouds and subtle atmospheric bands toward the south polar region and hints at a subtle central darkening, whose nature remains uncertain. 📸 NASA/JPL/Voyager 2/Thomas Thomopoulos

Miranda - Voyager 2 RGB with two images, green and violet / enlargement - Images taken on 1986-01-24 / Partially enhanced OPUS ID: vg-iss-2-u-c2684411 vg-iss-2-u-c2684413 Credit : NASA/JPL/SETI/Thomas Thomopoulos

Mars, as seen by the Hope probe on August 21, 2023. Color-enhanced RGB composite created using the F635, F546, and F437 filters. Image credit : Emirates Mars Mission / EXI / UAE Space Agency / MBRSC / LASP / EMM Science Data Center / Thomas Thomopoulos

The North Pole of Mars, as seen by the Hope probe on May 29, 2023 - orbit 380. Enhanced RGB (F635, F546, F437), cropped and enlarged ×4. Image credit : Emirates Mars Mission / EXI / UAE Space Agency / MBRSC / LASP / EMM Science Data Center / Thomas Thomopoulos