You might not see the moon on February 24. It might be too close to the sunset. Observers in North America, though, do have a shot at Monday evening's moon. And every evening after that, you'll surely see the waxing crescent moving up past bright Venus!

Meet Arrokoth - the most distant object yet visited by earthlings - seen by the New Horizons spacecraft in early 2019. It's very old, one of the first generation of objects in our solar system. Here's why it looks like a snowman.

A major ocean current in the Arctic is faster and more turbulent as a result of rapid sea ice melt, according to a new study.

One hundred million years ago, a bee got trapped in tree resin. Over time, geological forces converted the resin to amber. Now a scientist arrives on the scene, to tell us this bee’s story.

Astronomers report on the very distant galaxy XMM-2599. It existed when the universe was very young, yet contains some 300 billion stars. It must have formed stars at a very rapid rate and then stopped. Why?

Recently-discovered fossils shed new light on an enormous horned turtle that roamed South America 5 to 10 million years ago.

The moon will cover Mars 5 times in 2020, but the occultation on February 18, 2020, was the only one accessible to viewers in much of North and Central America. Photos from the EarthSky Community here.

Isn't this cool? Scientists at the famous Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico made this rare find just days after resuming post-earthquake operations. It's a moon orbiting the near-Earth asteroid 2020 BX12.

If you're on the right place on Earth's surface, you can watch the moon occult (cover over) Mars on February 18, and then Jupiter on February 19. We elaborate in our post.

A new tyrannosaur species named Thanatotheristes, which means “reaper of death,” was the apex predator of its time, 79 million years ago in present day Alberta, Canada.