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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
5 active cyclones in the Atlantic
Satellite image shows 5 tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean at the same time for only 2nd time in history.
September 16, 2020
Amazon River from space
Video tour - via satellite - of the Amazon River meandering through the Amazon rainforest in South America.
September 15, 2020
Return of Myanmar’s smiling turtle
Need something to smile about? Here’s a story about smiling turtles saved from extinction in Myanmar.
September 13, 2020
At the edge of the blast
A detailed view of a section of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant, from NASA.
September 11, 2020
‘Apocalyptic’ skies across U.S. West this week
Video and images of the weirdly orange skies across the U.S. West this week, created by massive wildfires that incinerated several communities in Oregon in the past 2 days and blotted out the sun in San Francisco.
September 10, 2020
