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Just before moonrise in Gunnison, Colorado
Matt Burt took this photo last week. What can we say about it? Except ... we all wish we lived there.
December 21, 2013
Moon, halo, Jupiter last night
The moon has been moving past the giant planet Jupiter these past few nights. Plus a lunar halo.
December 20, 2013
Last night’s moon and Jupiter
People around the world saw the moon and Jupiter close together on December 18, 2013. After Venus set last night, they were the two brightest objects in the sky.
December 19, 2013
The endless dance of Jupiter and its moons
These little moons move continuously around Jupiter. Their pattern with respect to each other and the giant planet constantly changes.
December 18, 2013
Long Night Moon of December 16
Daylight is fleeting in the Northern Hemisphere now, but the December 16 full moon helps light up the long, dark night.
December 16, 2013
Geminid meteor and Nova Centauri
A shooting star and a "new" star, or nova. The shooting star is space dust. And the nova is an explosion on an old star. Check out this photo by Colin Legg of Australia.
December 15, 2013
Murmuration, Venus, in day’s last light
A flock of starlings is known as a “chattering,” “clattering,” “cloud,” “congregation,” or “murmuration.”
December 13, 2013
Cloud towers, seen from above
Satellite view of mushrooming thunderheads over the Indonesian island of Flores.
December 12, 2013
Coldest place in the universe
The ghostly Boomerang Nebula, coldest known place in the universe, reveals its true shape in this image from the giant ALMA radio telescope.
December 11, 2013
