Shortlist for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 Competition

kottke.org July 10, 2025 By Jason Kottke

In looking over the shortlist for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 competition, I thought about how I’ve seen thousands or even tens of thousands of incredible astronomical images and yet there are always new, mind-blowing things to see. Like this 500,000-km Solar Prominence Eruption by PengFei Chou:

500,000-km Solar Prominence Eruption

Or Close-up of a Comet by Gerald Rhemann and Michael Jäger:

Close-up of a Comet

Or Electric Threads of the Lightning Spaghetti Nebula by Shaoyu Zhang (Lightning Spaghetti Nebula!!!):

Electric Threads of the Lightning Spaghetti Nebula

Or Dragon Tree Trails by Benjamin Barakat:

A solitary dragon tree stands tall in the heart of Socotra’s Dragon Blood Tree forest.

Teasingly, the official site only has a selection of the shortlisted entries but if you poke through the posts at Colossal, PetaPixel, and DIY Photography, you can find some more of them. (via colossal)

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In looking over the shortlist for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 competition, I thought about how I’ve seen thousands or even tens of thousands of incredible astronomical images and yet there are always new, mind-blowing things to see. Like this 500,000-km Solar Prominence Eruption by PengFei Chou:

500,000-km Solar Prominence Eruption

Or Close-up of a Comet by Gerald Rhemann and Michael Jäger:

Close-up of a Comet

Or Electric Threads of the Lightning Spaghetti Nebula by Shaoyu Zhang (Lightning Spaghetti Nebula!!!):

Electric Threads of the Lightning Spaghetti Nebula

Or Dragon Tree Trails by Benjamin Barakat:

A solitary dragon tree stands tall in the heart of Socotra’s Dragon Blood Tree forest.

Teasingly, the official site only has a selection of the shortlisted entries but if you poke through the posts at Colossal, PetaPixel, and DIY Photography, you can find some more of them. (via colossal)

Tags: astronomy · best of · best of 2025 · lists · photography · science · space

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