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DNA origami used to recreate Van Gogh’s Starry Night

An example of DNA origami. It's one of the world's smallest reproductions - about the size of a dime - of Vincent van Gogh's famous painting Starry Night.

Lia De La Cruz

July 9, 2021

Pacific Northwest hit with exceptional heat

The Pacific Northwest experienced a dramatic and unprecedented heat wave in late June, 2021. Many cities reported all-time-record highs.

EarthSky Voices

June 29, 2021

Heart Nebula, long exposure, from Iraq

Eyad Khailany in Erbil, Iraq, captured an amazing photo of the Heart Nebula, IC 1805, between clouds, over the course of a week.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

June 25, 2021

Solstice sunset from Penang, Malaysia

What a beauty! This EarthSky community member used a telescope to capture the solstice sunset from Malaysia on June 21, 2021.

Lia De La Cruz

June 24, 2021

Analemma of the moon, from Hong Kong

This EarthSky community member in Hong Kong this lunar analemma, a figure-8 shape in the sky, created by capturing the moon's image each day at the same time.

Lia De La Cruz

June 23, 2021

Analemma shows the sun’s path over a year

An analemma is a figure-8 curve showing the position of the sun at a chosen time of day (often, noon) over a year. Here's one on the side of a house.

Deborah Byrd

June 22, 2021

Stark reality of California drought from space

This image is from June 2021. It shows barren hillsides and dry trees in a national forest, during the California drought. Click in for a comparison image from 2020.

Deborah Byrd

June 21, 2021