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Eleanor Imster
Watch launch of TESS planet-hunting mission April 16
TESS will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Lift-off is planned for no earlier than 6:32 p.m. EDT (10:32 p.m. UTC).
April 15, 2018
Tour the moon in 4K
Take a virtual tour of the moon in all-new 4K resolution - Ultra High Def - created from data provided by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.
April 12, 2018
Milky Way and zodiacal light
Gorgeous photo of the Milky Way and the zodiacal light in the early morning over Chile's Andes mountains.
April 12, 2018
Jupiter cloud patterns
See intricate cloud patterns in the northern hemisphere of Jupiter in this new view taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
April 11, 2018
Cosmic cold front older than solar system
Astronomers were surprised to discover an enormous “cold front” millions of light years in extent and older than the solar system.
April 9, 2018
3 worlds in a line
The waning moon is in the predawn sky, busily passing planets. EarthSky community photos of the moon, Mars and Saturn, here.
April 8, 2018
Earth’s magnetosphere envelops and protects us
A giant bubble of magnetism protects us from the sun's fury. Take 3 minutes to learn about it, in this new NASA ScienceCast video.
April 6, 2018
Sahara Desert is expanding
A new study finds that the world’s largest desert has grown by 10 percent since 1920.
April 5, 2018
Blackbirds in the city: Bad health, longer life
Blackbirds live longer in cities than in forests. But a new genetic analysis suggest that city birds have much poorer health than their rural cousins.
April 3, 2018
Bonneville Salt Flats
"In the springtime, when a few inches of water rest on its surface, Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats becomes a massive, thousand-acre mirror."
March 31, 2018
