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Lucky New Year’s foods
Lucky New Year's foods in the U.S. South and around the world. Happy 2017!
December 31, 2016
Top gallery of 2016: Eclipse over Indonesia
Looking forward to 2017's total solar eclipse over North America? Then you'll enjoy these photos of the total solar eclipse over Indonesia in March 2016. They were the most-viewed images at EarthSky over this past year.
December 31, 2016
A Sirius culmination
Photo by Project Nightflight during a culmination of the sky's brightest star, Sirius, above the volcanos of La Palma in the Canary Islands.
December 30, 2016
Venus and Mars point to Neptune
Imaginary line from Venus through Mars points to Neptune in late December 2016. Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova in this part of sky, too, but - like Neptune - requires optical aid.
December 29, 2016
Earthquakes in Nevada this morning
The U.S. state of Nevada experienced several moderately strong earthquakes and multiple aftershocks, beginning just after midnight local time Wednesday morning.
December 28, 2016
Venus and a cloud shadow
Another sunset spectacle from Peter Lowenstein's hilltop perch above Mutare, Zimbabwe.
December 28, 2016
Witnessing the birth of today’s stars
Dust shrouds the era of distant galaxies, in which most of today's stars were born 10 billion years ago. Astronomers used radio telescopes to pierce the dust.
December 27, 2016
Today in science: Johannes Kepler
While trying to solve the mystery of the planets' motions, Johannes Kepler made several false starts, then ultimately discovered 3 profound truths.
December 27, 2016
Arc and 2 sundogs over Illinois
Halos like this one around the sun or moon are caused by ice crystal high in Earth's sky. Notice the upside-down rainbow-like arc above. It's called a circumzenithal arc.
December 27, 2016
