Miguel Claro

The image shows a close-up view of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) during perihelion, when it was at its closest to the sun on Jan. 12, 2023.

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro caught amazing footage of a coronal mass ejection.

This lovely skyscape shows the end of nautical twilight above the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain, as the day transitions to night.

The Running Man Nebula, also known as NGC 1977, vaguely resembles a colorful space ghost sprinting through the stars in the Orion constellation.

Captured in the visible light spectrum, this deep-space image paints a sharp and colorful picture of the great Orion Nebula.

The rare zodiacal light zodiacal light beams up at the Milky Way in this photo captured from Portugal's new "starlight tourism" destination.

This dreamy night-sky photo features a golden full moon rising above the landscape of Alandroal, Portugal, in Dark Sky Alqueva, the world's first "starlight tourism destination."

In this star-speckled photo of the night sky, the Andromeda galaxy rises above a puddle of acid water in Achada do Gamo, part of the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve near Mértola, Portugal.

A panoramic view of the Milky Way galaxy's dusty core reveals several colorful deep-space nebulas.

A cityscape view captured from the highest point of Lisbon shows the first full moon of the year, rising above the capital of Portugal on Jan. 10, with the Tagus River visible in the background.

A starry night scene captured at the end of summer from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal shows the Milky Way's galactic arc shimmering above a dead tree in Noudar Park.

A night-sky photo features a lonely stargazer admiring the beautiful constellation of Orion, the hunter — and it's strangely dimming star Betelgeuse.

This deep-space image shows the Heart and Soul nebulas shining brightly in reddish hues from energized hydrogen.

Star trails circle over Ramon Crater in this long-exposure photo of the night sky over Israel's Negev Desert.

When observed from the darkest of skies, the Milky Way galaxy can glitter and gleam with all the colors of the rainbow.

This panoramic moonscape scene looks like it could be the view from a spaceship flying over the moon. However, this was captured right here on Earth.

Planets align over the skyline of Tel Aviv in this panoramic view of the city by twilight.

A "supermoon" rises above Portugal's historic Castle of Evoramonte in this dreamy night-sky photo.

The image features the silhouette of one of my students during a workshop on astrophotography. He is standing against the background core of our galaxy at the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve, in Portugal.

A stunning photo captured during the total solar eclipse of 2019 in Chile reveals the sun's mesmerising inner and outer corona, as well as the lunar earthshine.

See aerial views of the total solar eclipse of July 2, 2019, above the Andes Mountains in Chile.

A brand-new "astrotourism" destination has just been born in the heart of Portugal, at Aldeias do Xisto, or the Schist Villages.

One of the most colorful wonders of the summer sky in the Northern Hemisphere, especially for deep-sky photographers, is the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex.