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Why is Easter so late in 2019?
Easter is this Sunday. Astronomer Guy Ottewell explains why it's a late Easter, but not the latest it can be.
April 21, 2019
Watch for moon, Jupiter, Lyrid meteors
That bright moon in the sky before sunup will drown most of the ongoing Lyrid meteor shower from view. But the moon offers its own delights, sweeping past Jupiter in the next few mornings.
April 21, 2019
This Cthulhu-like creature crawled the ancient seafloor
Paleontologists have named the 430 million-year-old fossil of a tentacled sea creature after horror author H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu monster.
April 19, 2019
Ancient ‘Texas Serengeti’ had rhinos, alligators, 12 kinds of horses
A new study of fossils unearthed by Depression-era workers reveal that camels, antelopes and relatives of modern elephants and dogs were among the animals that roamed a veritable "Texas Serengeti" millions of years ago.
April 19, 2019
Don’t miss these sunspot photos
More photos of the magnificent solitary sunspot - AR2738 - that's made its way across the sun's face over the past couple of weeks. Thanks to all in the EarthSky community who contributed photos!
April 19, 2019
Moon’s south pole possible landing site
NASA hopes to send astronauts to the surface of the moon in 5 years, and has planned a landing site where no human has yet been: the lunar south pole.
April 18, 2019
See it! Photos of Venus and Mercury
Mercury and Venus came so close in the morning sky this month that they fitted into a single binocular field. But from Earth's northerly latitudes, Mercury was hard to see! Photos here.
April 18, 2019
April full moon shines in Virgo
Enjoy the April full moon, as it shines in front of Virgo from dusk till dawn.
April 18, 2019
The strange case of Mars’ disappearing methane
In 2013, in a big success story, a Mars rover and orbiter made a near-simultaneous observation of methane in Mars' atmosphere. Now a newer mission orbiting Mars - ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter - has failed to detect methane. Why?
April 17, 2019
Jumbo exoplanet discovered in double system with a dead star
The giant exoplanet - 13 times more massive than Jupiter - is the first yet found that orbits a binary star system in which 1 of the 2 stars is dead.
April 17, 2019
