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Holding 2016’s smallest full moon
The farthest full moon, and smallest full moon, on April 22-23, 2016.
April 26, 2016
Clouds, moonglow, 2 planets
Mars and Saturn, plus the bright star Antares and other stars in the constellation Scorpius. The bright one is Mars!
April 24, 2016
Ferret and stars in Montana
Montana's rarest native animal, a black-footed ferret, surfaces on a starry night.
April 20, 2016
See it! Moon sweeps past Jupiter
The moon swept past Jupiter over the past few nights. Check out these photos from the EarthSky community.
April 19, 2016
An inconspicuous comet
Many hoped Comet 252P/LINEAR would become visible to the eye. It has, but only barely. Enjoy photos from the few, the proud, who've captured this comet on film!
April 18, 2016
Rainbows around the world
Images of rainbows from all over the world taken by EarthSky's Facebook friends. Beautiful!
April 15, 2016
Beautiful, enormous moon halo
Ring around the moon over Horsham, Australia on April 13, 2016. Photo by Lynton Brown.
April 14, 2016
Giant sunspot turns toward Earth
Sun-watchers have had their eye on giant sunspot AR2529. Check out these photos from the EarthSky community. Aurora alert for April 13!
April 13, 2016
Mars rover up high, spies a dust devil
After making the steep-ever climb of any rover on Mars, Opportunity looked back along its own tracks toward a swirling Martian dust devil in the valley below.
April 12, 2016
See it! Star Aldebaran near the moon
On Sunday, as seen from North America, the moon "occulted" or passed in front of the star Aldebaran. Many then saw Aldebaran near the moon Sunday evening.
April 11, 2016
