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Coronal loops
The biggest sunspot region in more than two decades produced many impressive solar flares. Just before it disappeared, it also gave us this beautiful display of coronal loops.
November 8, 2014
East Tennessee early snow
Snow fell in the east Tennessee hills on the first day of November.
November 4, 2014
Turquoise-tinted plumes in Large Magellanic Cloud
This image - made with a special filter - shows the outskirts of a much-studied nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, called the Tarantula Nebula.
November 1, 2014
Ghost light from dead galaxies
The Hubble Space Telescope has picked up the faint, ghostly glow of stars ejected from ancient galaxies that were gravitationally ripped apart several billion years ago.
October 31, 2014
Night spider
"She waits patiently through the night on her invisible web, stars dimly glowing in the background..."
October 30, 2014
The Brocken Spectre
Brocken Spectre at Lough Corrib, a lake in the west of Ireland, by Conor Ledwith Photography.
October 26, 2014
See it! Photos of October 23 solar eclipse
Favorite photos of the beautiful partial solar eclipse on October 23. 2014. Thank you to all who submitted to EarthSky.org or posted at EarthSky Facebook or G+.
October 24, 2014
Orionid meteors 2014
The Orionid meteor shower peaked on the morning of Tuesday, October 21, 2014. But you might still see meteors in this annual shower.
October 21, 2014
