Moon and Empire State Building

A distant view of an iconic building, with the moon behind it.

Video of closest comet in 246 years

It's small, but, because it's so close to us, it appears to be moving very fast across our sky. Image and video by EarthSky community member Greg Hogan.

See it! Wednesday’s penumbral lunar eclipse

Photos of March 23, 2016 penumbral eclipse of the moon. Moon never entered Earth's dark umbral shadow, but, if you look, you'll see a shading on one side of the moon.

Lone galaxy in ‘wilds’ of Local Group

This galaxy is so small and secluded that it may never have interacted with any other Local Group galaxy — or perhaps any other galaxy in the universe.

See it! Monday night’s moon and Jupiter

EarthSky friends capture the night sky's 2 brightest objects, the moon and Jupiter, on Monday night, March 21.

Holy halo

A lunar halo behind the statue of an angel in Frösön, Sweden.

Star party in Nicaragua

Around the world, friends gather to watch the stars. Here's a quiet night next to the Pacific coast of Nicaragua.

Site of collision of 4 galaxy clusters

Here's galaxy cluster MACS J0717, the site of a collision between 4 galaxy clusters, located about 5.4 billion light years away from Earth.

Galaxies

The Milky Way - plus 2 large nearby galaxies in our own Local Group, in the directions to the constellations Andromeda and Triangulum.

Iridescent Kelvin Helmholtz clouds

These clouds look like breaking ocean waves. It's rare to see them iridescent!

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