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Watch for Taurid fireballs
North and South Taurid meteor showers happen simultaneously in late October and November. They're relatively minor showers, but produce a high percentage of fireballs, or bright meteors.
October 19, 2017
Close encounters of the planet kind
Brilliant Venus and faint Mars swept close last week, in the east before sunup. Check out these awesome photos!
October 7, 2017
See it! 2017’s Harvest Moon
Photos and videos from the EarthSky community of 2017's Harvest Moon. Thanks to all who submitted photos, or posted them to EarthSky Facebook!
October 6, 2017
How fast is our universe expanding?
Here's a great New ScienceCast video about the controversial Hubble Constant. It's the key to knowing the age of our universe and much more.
September 26, 2017
Sun photobombed Mars encounter with comet Siding Spring
Comet Siding Spring swept closer to Mars than any known comet in recorded history, creating the largest-ever-known meteor shower. But the sun got in on the act.
September 24, 2017
Biblical signs in the sky on September 23, 2017?
A mirror in the sky to "signs" from the Bible's Book of Revelation? Possibly. But this same sky scene has been seen 4 other times in the past 1,000 years. An astronomer explains.
September 23, 2017
Sun on the sky’s equator
Another great explanation of Friday's equinox - plus beautiful graphics - from astronomer Guy Ottewell.
September 22, 2017
See it! Young moon and Jupiter
Wow! So many beautiful photos of something relatively hard to catch … the young moon returning to the evening sky this week next to the bright planet Jupiter.
September 22, 2017
How to see binocular comet C/2017 O1
This faint comet reaches perihelion, its closest point to the sun, on October 14. It’ll be closest to Earth on October 18, passing distantly at about 67 million miles (108 million km).
September 18, 2017
Another X-flare from the sun
We're near solar minimum, but the sun has been active! Click here for a video of solar flares so far in September, 2017 and for news for the sun's most recent X-flare.
September 11, 2017
