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Falcon 9 hit target, but tipped over
"Looks like Falcon landed fine, but excess lateral velocity caused it to tip over post landing." - SpaceX founder Elon Musk
April 14, 2015
Favorite photos of Venus and the Pleiades!
In the coming nights, look west after sunset as brilliant Venus moves past the lovely Pleiades star cluster. Waiting for nightfall? Enjoy these photos!
April 12, 2015
On the Star Walk trail
Orion, the Hyades and the Pleiades along the Grossmugl Star Walk in Austria, only hours before the April 4 total lunar eclipse. See bright Venus on the right!
April 9, 2015
Saturn’s two-faced moon Iapetus
This isn't the day and night side of Iapetus. It's the day side, a nearly full-on view. The two sides of this moon of Saturn have very different brightnesses.
April 8, 2015
Solar eclipses caused by Earth
Don't miss these images of eclipses of the sun caused by Earth, taken by various spacecraft on the moon, orbiting the moon, or returning from the moon.
April 6, 2015
See it! April 4, 2015 total eclipse of the moon
Thanks to all who posted at EarthSky Facebook and G+, and to all who submitted directly to EarthSky.org!
April 4, 2015
Airglow, bioluminescence, Milky Way rising
This photo has it all! It's a beautiful capture from Amit Kamble in New Zealand. Read his description below.
April 2, 2015
Eclipsed moon and sun together this Saturday?
Who will see a selenelion - the eclipsed moon and sun in the sky simultaneously - for the April 4, 2015 total eclipse of the moon? Charts and info here.
April 1, 2015
Striped sunrises and the shadows they cast
Two photos by Peter Lowenstein. One shows a sunrise striped with cloud, and the other shows the shadow from a cloud-striped sunrise on a nearby mountain slope.
March 31, 2015
