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Venus returning to evening twilight
Don't expect to see Venus with the eye yet. It'll be back by mid-July, 2016. But it's up there each evening twilight now, setting shortly behind the sun.
July 1, 2016
Known asteroids near Earth today
The first map shows all the known asteroids within one-third of Earth's distance from the sun today - Asteroid Day - June 30, 2016. Look below for a second map.
June 30, 2016
Juno on Jupiter’s doorstep
Juno spacecraft on approach to Jupiter! The craft will arrive at Jupiter on July 4, first spacecraft to orbit the giant planet since Galileo (1995-2003).
June 29, 2016
Want to go stargazing?
Where to go stargazing in Georgia, plus a word about a new feature - Best Places to Stargaze, for people around the world - just launched at EarthSky.
June 28, 2016
Mars and star cluster NGC 5897
You need a telescope to see this globular star cluster. But red Mars is easy, still very bright in our sky, up nearly all night.
June 27, 2016
Iridescent cloud over Kentucky
Iridescent clouds appear in the same direction as the sun. Rainbow-like colors appear irregularly over the clouds in the form of colored edges, spots and bands.
June 26, 2016
Midnight sun over Norway
Tommy Richardsen wrote, "Wish you all a good weekend with this image of the midnight sun shining beautifully on my hometown."
June 25, 2016
One robot spacecraft spies another
See the Mars rover Curiosity, nestled on Mars' surface? The sharp-eyed HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught the view from space.
June 24, 2016
Midnight solstice sun and moon
Two photos from northern Sweden on solstice night, a night of a midnight sun in that part of the world ... and also, in 2016, a midnight moon.
June 23, 2016
Anti-crepuscular rays at solstice
Lots of people caught the sun setting in the west on the evening of this week's solstice. Fiona M. Donnelly in eastern Ontario happened to turn and look east.
June 22, 2016
