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Don’t miss moon, Venus, Jupiter at dawn
Jupiter and Venus are low in the east before sunup now, but they're our sky's 2 brightest planets. You'll need an unobstructed horizon to see this beautiful morning scene.
November 15, 2017
Citizen inventors: NASA’s 3D Printed Habitat Challenge
Future space missions won't be able to carry all their building materials from Earth. Competitors are challenged to fabricate habitats using indigenous materials. $2 million prize!
November 14, 2017
Scientists find teeth of early human ancestor
A remarkable find of fossil teeth from tiny, furry-tailed creatures - thought by scientists to be a human ancestor - dating back 145 million years.
November 14, 2017
Moon sliding past 3 planets this week
The planets are Mars, Jupiter and Venus. The moon will move past them all in the coming mornings. Look east!
November 14, 2017
Will 15 days of darkness start November 15? Nah
Are you ready for 15 days of darkness, November 15-30? No need to be. It's a hoax.
November 13, 2017
Moving shadows around a planet-forming star
This star has a spiral disk of dust around it. Processes in the inner disk - winds, or swirls or clashes of pebbles - seem to be casting shadows on the outer disk.
November 13, 2017
When mammals switched from nights to days
Mammals once were night creatures. A new study suggests they became active in daylight after the dinosaurs went extinct, 66 million years ago.
November 12, 2017
Don’t miss Jupiter and Venus at dawn!
Spectacular Venus-Jupiter conjunction on Monday! These are the 2 brightest planets, and they'll be less than a moon-width apart. If you do miss them on Monday, keep watching. The moon is about to sweep past them.
November 12, 2017
Cloud shadow mystery … solved?
We published a photo last Tuesday, showing a mountain's shadow. We wondered what caused it. Now - with the help of the EarthSky community - the mystery may be solved.
November 12, 2017
Venus-Jupiter conjunction Monday a.m.
Watch for the super-close pairing of the sky's 2 brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter. They'll be in the sunrise direction, low in the east at dawn.
November 12, 2017
