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Eleanor Imster
See it! Moon sweeps past Venus
Have you been watching Venus and the young moon? Enjoy these photos from the EarthSky community around the world. Thank you to all who shared images!
August 15, 2018
Want to trick your ears?
You’ll enjoy this video of audio illusions from the guys at AsapSCIENCE. Can you understand the talking piano?
August 12, 2018
Potomac River sunrise
An early August morning in Mt. Vernon, Virginia. Photographer Greg Diesel Walck wrote, "Glorious beams this morning at sunrise over the Potomac River."
August 11, 2018
Prehistoric mass graves linked to tsunamis
“We were able to make a strong case for many of these sites being related to major tsunamis, as opposed to more standard explanations like warfare or an epidemic."
August 8, 2018
2017 was 3rd warmest year on record, says international report
According to the annual State of the Climate report, 2017 was the globe's 3rd-warmest year on record, behind 2016 (1st) and 2015. Earth also experienced record-high greenhouse gas concentrations and rises in sea level.
August 7, 2018
Speck from an asteroid
Viewed under a microscope, it resembles a human hair. But this is actually an extremely precious speck of dust – a tiny sample from the Itokawa asteroid, brought back to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa mission.
August 7, 2018
Every point is a galaxy
At first glance, it's just a square filled with tiny grains of static. But incredible as it is to imagine, every single point of light in this image is actually a distant galaxy, as observed by ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory.
July 29, 2018
Night-shining clouds over Estonia
Kairo Kiitsak captured an impressive display of noctilucent, or night-shining, clouds, in Simuna, Estonia on July 26, 2018. Noctilucent clouds are seen at high latitudes only from about mid-May to August. Wondrous, if you can catch them!
July 28, 2018
Most Mars dust comes from one place
“Mars wouldn’t be nearly this dusty if it wasn’t for this one enormous deposit that is gradually eroding over time and polluting the planet, essentially.”
July 27, 2018
The vanishing of the 1st American dogs
"It is fascinating that a huge population of dogs that inhabited all corners of the Americans for thousands of years could have disappeared so rapidly."
July 25, 2018
