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Last best look at Pluto’s farside
A cool New Horizons image of the side of Pluto the spacecraft won't see as it sweeps past. Likely our last, best look for decades to come!
July 14, 2015
Noctilucent clouds and rising moon
These clouds - sometimes called night-shining clouds - are thought to be made of ice crystals that form on fine dust particles from meteors.
July 10, 2015
Best photos: Venus and Jupiter June 2015
People around the world are capturing the very bright planets Venus and Jupiter as they draw closer in the west after sunset this month.
July 8, 2015
Milky Way over Maine lighthouse
The Milky Way over the Atlantic at the Pemaquid Point lighthouse in Bristol, Maine.
July 7, 2015
Galactic fireworks
Here's a composite image of Messier 106, known for its strange spiral arms, located 23 million light years away.
July 4, 2015
Mercury and more before dawn
Ken Christison caught Mercury in the east before dawn this week. He couldn't see it with the eye that day, but you might see it, if you look. Here's how.
July 2, 2015
Big Dipper before dawn
In the month of June, the Big Dipper is low in the sky before dawn.
June 25, 2015
