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Kelly Kizer Whitt
Mars surface layers and ‘brain terrain’
ESA shared some new images of the Mars surface from its Mars Express spacecraft. They show craters, brain terrain, layered deposits and more.
April 2, 2022
March’s deep sky for 2022: Peering into the dark
Get to know March's deep sky with these amazing photos taken by members of the EarthSky community. Did you take a great photo? Share it with us!
March 30, 2022
Volans the Flying Fish in southern skies
Volans the Flying Fish is a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere that appropriately lies next to Carina the Stern. Spot the Flying Fish on March nights.
March 29, 2022
Conjunction time! See planets and moon March 28
See the morning planets - Venus, Mars and Saturn - in conjunction, plus the moon joins the view on March 27 and 28. If you get a great photo, send it to us!
March 27, 2022
Solar Orbiter passes historically close to sun on Saturday
Solar Orbiter will make a historically close pass of the sun on March 26, 2022. All 10 of its instruments will be operating to acquire close-up data.
March 26, 2022
Whoa! Another asteroid whizzes past Earth hours after discovery
Krisztián Sárneczky, the same astronomer who discovered 2022 EB5, discovered another asteroid just hours before it flew so close to Earth that it dipped into our shadow.
March 25, 2022
Mysterious Maunder Minimum: Nearby star offers clues
We may learn more about the sun's Maunder Minimum - a quiet period of low sunspots in the 1600s and 1700s - thanks to the help of a nearby sun-like star.
March 24, 2022
Carina the Keel, home to an erupting star
Carina: You know its erupting star, now learn the constellation! Carina the Keel contains the sky's 2nd brightest star and some amazing nebulae.
March 19, 2022
New image from Webb, another milestone achieved
NASA released a new image from Webb, the most powerful infrared space telescope, on March 16, 2022. The image shows a star with galaxies in the background.
March 16, 2022
Asteroid discovered hours before Earth impact
An astronomer discovered asteroid 2022 EB5 just two hours before it impacted Earth over the Arctic Ocean on March 11, 2022. Fortunately, it was small and burned up upon entry.
March 13, 2022
