Observations by the Hubble Space Telescope reveal intense infrared radiation from an unusual kilonova probably created by the collision of neutron stars.

Claudia Crowley

November 17, 2020

Venus seen by BepiColombo

The sun's second planet, Venus, as seen from the BepiColombo spacecraft as it passed on its way to the innermost planet, Mercury, earlier this month.

Claudia Crowley

October 25, 2020

A close look at the Rosette Nebula

The Rosette Nebula glows in this telescopic photo by EarthSky Community member William Shaheen.

Claudia Crowley

October 22, 2020

Favorite photos of October’s young moon

In the past few days, several EarthSky Community members around the world shared their photos of the young moon, a thin crescent in the west after sunset. Beautiful! Thanks to all who contributed.

Claudia Crowley

October 20, 2020

Photos of fiery Mars, at its best in 2020

Photos from the EarthSky community of the bright planet Mars, at its best. Earth passed between Mars and the sun - bringing the planet to a once-in-two-years opposition - on October 13, 2020.

Deborah Byrd

Claudia Crowley

October 13, 2020

Stunning images of the night

See the winners of the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) 1st annual photography contest.

Eleanor Imster

Claudia Crowley

July 2, 2020

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Claudia Crowley

Claudia Crowley proofs and edits EarthSky website material. She says working for EarthSky is the most exciting job she's had except one other - which was editing space shuttle documentation at NASA JSC. After writing and editing manuals for Dell and other major companies, she moved to the technical support side during the wild early days of the Internet, and served as general manager at a small wireless ISP. Claudia is a space enthusiast and fan of science.