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The shattered heart of comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS
Gianluca Masi in Rome wrote: "Comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS, the one we were hoping to see putting on a great show, has shattered both its and our hearts. Its nucleus disintegrated and Saturday night I could see 3, possibly 4, main fragments."
April 12, 2020
BepiColombo’s snaps of Earth en route to Mercury
The European-Japanese Mercury mission, BepiColombo, completed its first flyby last night, sweeping near Earth. The gravity assist fine-tuned the craft's trajectory. BepiColombo's images during the flyby show Earth shining in darkness.
April 10, 2020
Photos: Venus and the Pleiades meet
This week, Venus - the brightest planet and dazzling "evening star" - will pass the beautiful Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters. Look west after sunset! Venus and the Pleiades meet only every 8 years. Photos here.
April 3, 2020
Submit your #SocialDistanceSelfie
How're you doing out there? We want to see you and hear from you! Post your selfie at EarthSky Facebook, or at EarthSky Community Photos, or in the comments section of this post.
March 23, 2020
Our favorite moon and planets photos from March 16 to 21
The moon swept past the morning planets last week, and the EarthSky Community did a great job capturing each day's view. Thanks to all who contributed photos to EarthSky Community Photos and to our Facebook page!
March 21, 2020
A year of sunrises
We're between the extremes now, in a place of balance, near an equinox. This composite image shows how the sun moves along your horizon each day at sunset and sunrise, as Earth moves in orbit around the sun.
March 21, 2020
Moon composite
Last month's full moon plus this month's waxing gibbous moon, combined.
March 9, 2020
Standing wave cloud at sunrise, over Zimbabwe
Standing wave clouds form when wind blows over a mountain.
March 6, 2020
And now, a word from Juno at Jupiter
Juno arrived at Jupiter in 2016. It's in a 53-day orbit around the planet. Close sweeps past the planet are called "perijoves" (peri means "near"). Here are some spectacular images from the most recent sweep, Perijove 25, in February.
March 6, 2020
Curiosity rover on Mars snags highest-resolution panorama yet
This just in ... a new super-cool composite from Curiosity on Mars. The panorama contains more than 1,000 images taken last Thanksgiving and assembled over the past few months ... 1.8 billion new pixels of Martian landscape!
March 5, 2020
