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A close look at the Rosette Nebula
The Rosette nebula glows in this telescopic photo by EarthSky Community member William Shaheen.
October 22, 2020
Favorite photos of October’s young moon
In the past few days, several EarthSky Community members around the world shared their photos of the young moon, a thin crescent in the west after sunset. Beautiful! Thanks to all who contributed.
October 20, 2020
Asteroid 2020 TF6 will come within 40% of moon’s distance on October 19
Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project captured an image of the asteroid last night.
October 19, 2020
Photos of fiery Mars, at its best in 2020
Photos from the EarthSky community of the bright planet Mars, at its best. Earth passed between Mars and the sun - bringing the planet to a once-in-two-years opposition - on October 13, 2020.
October 13, 2020
Bright fireball widely seen over northeastern Mexico
A fireball is an especially bright meteor from space. It can start out icy and burn up entirely in our atmosphere, or rocky ... in which case a meteorite sometimes falls to Earth's surface. This bright fireball blazed over northeastern Mexico on Tuesday, October 6, 2020.
October 8, 2020
Detailed new image of famous stellar nursery
Gorgeous, detailed image of the Carina Nebula, a star nursery approximately 8,500 light-years away, as observed with the Gemini South telescope in Chile.
October 8, 2020
Photos of the beautiful Venus-Regulus conjunction
The brightest planet Venus has been blazing in the east before sunrise for some months. In late September and early October, the bright star Regulus - Heart of the Lion in Leo - swept past it.
October 3, 2020
Favorite photos of 2020’s Harvest Moon
Every year at this time, people in the Northern Hemisphere witness the legendary Harvest Moon. This year, the Harvest Moon was near fiery Mars! Photos here from the EarthSky Community.
October 2, 2020
Photos of the moon, Jupiter, Saturn in September 2020
Did you miss the moon's sweep in the last few nights past our solar system's biggest planets, Jupiter and Saturn? Here are a few photos - from the EarthSky Community - of that glorious night sky scene.
September 27, 2020
Cool new Hubble portrait of Jupiter’s storms
A beautiful new image of Jupiter from the Hubble Space Telescope - captured in August 2020 - shows the planet's icy moon Europa as well as several famous storms in Jupiter's atmosphere.
September 19, 2020
