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Star trails, airplanes, Eta Aquarid meteor
While on the hunt for Eta Aquarid meteors, Thomas Wildoner captured 420 frames to create this composite image of star trails.
May 6, 2013
Possible first fragments of 1908 Tunguska meteorite
These river stones might be fragments of the meteor that exploded over Russia on June 30, 1908.
May 5, 2013
Bon dimanche à tous
After the rain, the return of the moon this morning in Nuits-Saint-Georges.
May 5, 2013
Eta Aquarid meteor shower radiant point
No matter where you are, expect to see the most Eta Aquarid meteors in a dark sky between midnight and dawn.
May 4, 2013
Sun produced strong flare on May 3, 2013
The sun produced a strong solar flare on May 3, 2013. No ill effects on or near Earth are expected, but it did produce some beautiful images.
May 4, 2013
Record-setting blast of gamma rays from a dying star
A shockingly, eye-wateringly bright gamma ray burst from a galaxy 3.6 billion light-years away.
May 4, 2013
EarthSky weather blogger in Final Four of national weather forecasting competition
Matt Daniel - featured blogger at EarthSky.org - finished in the Final Four in the 2013 WxChallenge for weather forecasting.
May 4, 2013
Telling time on Saturn
Undergraduate student shows how planet's magnetosphere changes with the seasons.
May 3, 2013
Spring evening
Yesterday evening on the Cumberland River in Kentucky. And across the Atlantic, it was also a beautiful spring evening in Sweden.
May 3, 2013
View from space: Southern California Summit fire
Satellite image of the Summit fire in southern California on May 1, 2013.
May 2, 2013
