18 awesome images from the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards

18 awesome images from the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards

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Astrophotography can make you feel two very different things: tiny and insignificant in a vast universe or absolutely and complete amazed at our vast universe. We wouldnā€™t fault you for feeling either way. Weā€™re a tiny occupier of a medium-sized planet in a universe made of billions of galaxies. That universe is stunning to behold.

For the photographers honored at the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards, the universe is their muse. From our fiery sun to dazzling aurorae, and a sparkling Milky Way to captivating nebulae, the images capture our celestial neighborhood in beautiful detail.

sun flares on the sun
500,000-km Solar Prominence Eruption
Credit: PengFei Chou / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year
time-lapse photo of total solar eclipse
Total Solar Eclipse
Credit: Louis Egan / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year

ā€œThe ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition is now in its seventeenth year and returns with an expert panel of judges from the worlds of art and astronomy,ā€ a statement about the honorees says. ā€œThe winners of the competitionā€™s nine categories, two special prizes and the overall winner will be announced on Thursday 11 September.ā€

a green and purple aurora make a bursting shape above mountains
The Arctic Flower
Credit: Vincent Beudez / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year
a swirling galaxy
NGC 2997 The Antlia Cabbage Galaxy
Credit: Xinran Li / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year
half of the pink moon above an ancient city
Moonrise Over Villebois-Lavalette
Credit: Flavien Beauvais / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year LRTimelapse 7.1.0 (Windows) ā€“ UNLICENSED, no commercial use allowed!
saturn passes behind the moon in a time-lapse
Lunar Occultation of Saturn
Credit: Chayaphon Phanitloet / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year
the milky way over a rural area and observatory
Looking Beyond
Credit: Chester Hall-Fernandez / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year
the milky way arches over a desert landscape
Into the Past
Credit: Jim Hildreth / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Jim Hildreth
a nebula surrounded by stars
Radiant Canopy The Lustrous Realms of the Running Chicken Nebula
Credit: Rod Prazeres / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year
a small fishing village with a cloudy milky way above
Galactic Catch Salt and Vinegar With Your Cosmos
Credit: Paul Joels / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year
swirling stars and galaxies
Fireworks
Credit: Bence ToĢth, PeĢter FeltoĢti, Bertalan KecskeĢs / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year
a time-lapse of a space craft passing in front of the sun
Encounter Within One Second
Credit: Zhang Yanguang / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year
a comet streaks above city
Comet Over Waikiki
Credit: Ran Shen / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year SHEN_RAN
a deep red moon rises behind skyscrapers
Blood Moon Rising Behind the City Skyscrapers
Credit: Tianyao Yang / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year
a red and green aurora bursts from the horizon in a watery, rocky area
Aurora Over Mono Lake A Rare Dance of Light
Credit: Daniel Zafra / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Daniel Zafra Portill
a white comet streaks across a dark sky
Close-up of a Comet
Credit: Gerald Rhemann and Michael JaĢˆger / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year
two colorful nebulae swirl near each other
A Rainbow Mosaic of the Rosette and the Christmas Tree Nebulae
Credit: Shaoyu Zhang / ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year

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