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Striped sunrises and the shadows they cast
Two photos by Peter Lowenstein. One shows a sunrise striped with cloud, and the other shows the shadow from a cloud-striped sunrise on a nearby mountain slope.
March 31, 2015
Before and after cyclone Pam
Views from above, before and after cyclone Pam devastated the island nation of Vanuatu earlier this month.
March 30, 2015
Passing comets painted Mercury black
Scientists say comet dust is the invisible paint causing the surface of the innermost planet Mercury to be only barely reflective.
March 30, 2015
Greenland glacier melt increases mercury discharge
As glaciers melt, streams carry more mercury into the ocean, increasing risk of mercury poisoning in humans and wildlife in Greenland and in adjacent coastal countries.
March 30, 2015
See it! This weekend’s moon and Jupiter
Thank you to all in the EarthSky community who posted photos of the moon and Jupiter on March 29, 2015!
March 30, 2015
One-year crew lift-off success
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will spend a year aboard the International Space Station.
March 29, 2015
Black hole winds stop star formation
It's the first time astronomers have seen a supermassive black hole in action, blowing away its galaxy’s reservoir of star-making gas.
March 29, 2015
Nova Sagittarii observation, March 29
The brightness of this unusual nova has gone up and down and now back up again. EarthSky friend Tom Wildoner tells you how to see the nova before it's gone!
March 29, 2015
India’s Mars probe has fuel for extended mission
India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was expected to end on March 24. But it turns out that the probe could have another 6 months of life left in it.
March 27, 2015
Curiosity rover detects nitrogen on Mars
The discovery adds to the evidence that ancient Mars was habitable for life.
March 27, 2015
