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This week, a daytime meteor shower
The Arietid meteor shower is the strongest daylight shower of the year. It lasts from late May through early June. Will you see any meteors? Maybe. Try around the morning of June 7.
June 6, 2017
A novel approach to star trails
Featured in National Geographic and Nature, Canadian amateur astronomer Christian Sasse explains how he created his unique star trails, by superimposing images.
June 5, 2017
Close conjunction of Venus and Uranus
Planet Venus passed 1.8 degrees south of planet Uranus on June 2, 2017, and Eliot Herman in Tucson captured their close conjunction.
June 3, 2017
2017’s closest supermoon is May 25
For the 1st time since 2009, a new moon - not a full moon - will be the closest and largest supermoon of a year.
May 25, 2017
Planet circus in May, with explanation
A beautiful spatial view of our solar system from Guy Ottewell, showing the planets’ paths along their orbits in approximately mid-May, 2017, with sightlines to them from the Earth.
May 15, 2017
Got 5 minutes? Learn to see Saturn
June, July and August are especially good months for viewing Saturn in 2017. But you can find Saturn in May, 2017, too, especially when the moon sweeps past on May 11, 12 and 13.
May 11, 2017
See it! Last night’s moon and Jupiter
They were the brightest objects nearly all night Sunday night, as seen from around the world. Here are a few photos from the EarthSky community. Thanks to all who submitted!
May 8, 2017
See it! Meteors, moon, Venus photos
The Lyrid meteor shower didn't produced as many meteors as hoped, but we some lovely photos. And the moon and Venus were awesome Sunday morning!
April 23, 2017
Asteroid 2014 JO25 bigger than expected
It's coming closer today than any asteroid this large since 2004. It came into view of small telescopes a few hours ago. Early radar observations indicate it's bigger than we thought.
April 19, 2017
A star whose magnetic field flipped
Tau Boötis was the first star, other than our sun, ever seen to undergo a magnetic field reversal. This post also includes 2 great videos about our sun's magnetic reversals.
April 13, 2017
