Sun news for October 15, 2024. Sun activity remains at moderate levels thanks to a newer region, AR3852. It produced the most flares and now our main focus.
A new NASA study of permanently shadowed regions near the lunar south pole shows that there is a lot more water ice on the moon than previously thought.
Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is now in the evening sky! Look west after sunset. Get tips and star charts here. If you capture an image, submit it to EarthSky!
Visible planets and night sky guide for October 2024. The moon hangs near Saturn in the east after sunset, and you might see Comet A3 in the evening sky.
New observations with the Hubble Space Telescope show that Jupiter's Great Red Spot wiggles like a bowl of gelatin. It squeezes in and out like a stress ball.