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Celestial spiral is a double star
It's not a spiral galaxy. It's a double star system seen from Earth to create a spiral shape in a shell of gas.
March 16, 2017
Venus as a crescent world
Photos from the EarthSky community of the planet Venus - next planet inward from Earth in orbit around the sun - in early 2017, in a crescent phase.
March 15, 2017
See it! Moon sweeps past Jupiter
Monday and Tuesday nights, the waning moon and this planet were near each other and the 2 brightest things in the night sky. Photos from the EarthSky community.
March 15, 2017
Cloud shadow on nearby clouds
Like all objects illuminated by sunlight, clouds cast a shadow.
March 13, 2017
Vibrant sundog
A sundog - a piece of a larger halo around the sun or moon - is caused by tiny ice crystals in the upper air.
March 11, 2017
Sliding stone, Death Valley
Here's a beautiful image of a sliding (or sailing or slithering) stone at Death Valley's famous Racetrack Playa. Cat Connor caught it on Christmas Day 2014.
March 10, 2017
Leo and Chinese guardian lions
An earthly lion guards the gates, while, in the sky, a celestial Lion - Leo - ascends. Astrophotographer Jeff Dai of China tells the story.
March 9, 2017
Rat-shaped cloud, with virga
"What was interesting ... was the development of a small upside-down cumulus on the underside of the cloud head from which delicate curtains of virga could be seen descending."
March 8, 2017
Wicked fast aurora
Photographer Tommy Richardsen called it 'wicked fast,' saying it started a second or 2 before he clicked the shutter button, and faded before the 13-second exposure was over.
March 7, 2017
California sediments pour into the sea
Drought plagued California and much of the American Southwest for nearly 5 years before this year. Now satellites see swollen rivers dumping sediments into the sea.
March 6, 2017
