3.7-billion-year-old fossils show early life

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Earth's earliest lifeforms were single-celled microbes. The new fossil discovery places them on Earth even earlier than previously thought.

Shireen Gonzaga

September 6, 2016

Moon, Venus and sleeping giants

A wonderful capture of this weekend's view of the moon and planet Venus, with the famous iconic statues of Easter Island.

Deborah Byrd

September 6, 2016

SDO sees a double eclipse

Cool video! On September 1, the Earth-orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory caught both Earth and the moon crossing in front of the sun.

Eleanor Imster

September 5, 2016

Philae comet lander … found!

With only a month left of the Rosetta mission, the Philae comet lander has been found wedged into a dark crack on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

Deborah Byrd

September 5, 2016

Fiery sunset clouds over Zimbabwe

These sunset clouds resemble the real dry season fires going on in Zimbabwe at this time of year.

Peter Lowenstein

September 5, 2016

A quasar Milky Way six million years ago?

As the first human ancestors walked the Earth, our galaxy's central black hole might have been in the process of blasting away most of the galaxy's normal matter.

Deborah Byrd

September 4, 2016

Lake Austin

Image taken by our friends at Float On - Lake Austin Boat Rentals here in Austin, TX!

Editors of EarthSky

September 4, 2016

After a year on (simulated) Mars

A week ago, a test crew emerged after living for a year in Mars-like conditions inside a solar-powered dome on the slopes of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano.

EarthSky Voices

September 4, 2016

Venus, Jupiter and the young moon

Photos from the EarthSky community of the fragile young moon sweeping past the sky's 2 brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, this weekend. Thanks to all who submitted!

Deborah Byrd

September 4, 2016