Fraser Cain

@fcain.universetoday.com

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Space journalist and skywatcher. I'm the publisher of Universe Today (universetoday.com) and co-host of Astronomy Cast (astronomycast.com). YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain

A squirrel reviews my work.
A skinny black bear walks past the camera.
Galaxy NGC 4631
Spiral galaxy M51
A sky filled with clouds, obscuring the Moon. No lunar eclipse for me.
An artist's illustration of a planet in orbit around two stars. Image Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Old-growth Amazon tree canopy in Tapajós National Forest, Brazil. A new NASA study shows that the living trees in the undisturbed Amazon forest draw more carbon dioxide from the air than the forest's dead trees emit. NASA/JPL-Caltech
View of surface of Venus Credit: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory-Caltech
In this illustration, an asteroid (bottom left) breaks apart under the powerful gravity of LSPM J0207+3331, the oldest, coldest white dwarf known to be surrounded by a ring of dusty debris. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Scott Wiessinger
A black bear peeping in my window.
A visualization of Fraser's life.
AstroCrete (a) 3D printed specimen (b) compressive test. Research by Omid Karimzade Soureshjani, Ali Massumi, Gholamreza Nouri
Exposed tree roots.
Map of Vancouver Island power outages.
Spiral staircase wrapped around a tree.
Leonids meteor shower.
The Milky Way arching over the dramatic landscape of Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, captured during the once in a lifetime geomagnetic storm experienced in May 2024.

Astrophotograph of Comet A3