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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.
March 22, 2016
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.
March 19, 2016
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.
March 18, 2016
Galaxies
The Milky Way - plus 2 large nearby galaxies in our own Local Group, in the directions to the constellations Andromeda and Triangulum.
March 16, 2016
Iridescent Kelvin Helmholtz clouds
These clouds look like breaking ocean waves. It's rare to see them iridescent!
March 15, 2016
Northern lights reflections, in Maine
A meteor streaks overhead ... an aurora reflects in a pond.
March 11, 2016
What eclipse-watching looks like
Eclipse fans have gone to the various islands in Indonesia - in the Pacific - to watch the March 8-9, 2016 total eclipse of the sun.
March 8, 2016
Catching Venus
The very bright planet Venus is low in the east before dawn now, but you can catch it, if you look.
March 5, 2016
Jupiter and its 4 largest moons
Earth will soon pass between Jupiter and the sun, so the best time of year to see this giant planet is upon us.
March 4, 2016
