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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
One-year crew lift-off success
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will spend a year aboard the International Space Station.
March 29, 2015
Malibu stargazer
We're getting many comments this month about the return of the Milky Way for late night and early morning stargazers.
March 27, 2015
Total solar eclipse at 35,000 feet
We've seen some wonderful photos of sky events taken from airplane windows. This one is really dramatic.
March 26, 2015
Sunsets are moving north
Here's what happens if you take a photo of the sun each day at sunset, for several days in a row. You can see the sun's northward motion along your horizon.
March 25, 2015
Meteor season ahead!
Mount Rainier, the Milky Way and a Perseid meteor! Plus a look forward to April's Lyrid meteor shower.
March 24, 2015
See it! Venus, Mars, moon March 21-22, 2015
EarthSky community photos of dazzling planet Venus and the moon - with fainter Mars nearby - on the nights of March 21 and 22, 2015.
March 23, 2015
Another seasonal signpost
Earth's tilt on its axis causes the seasons. The tilt causes the Northern and Southern Hemispheres to trade places, in receiving the sun's rays most directly.
March 20, 2015
Awesome St. Paddy’s Day aurora!
Photos from the EarthSky community of the March 17, 2015 aurora.
March 18, 2015
