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See it! This weekend’s moon and Mars
Mars is getting exciting - bright now, and very red - and heading toward more brightness and more intense color by October. This past weekend, the moon and Mars were close. Photos here.
August 10, 2020
Comet NEOWISE and globular star cluster M53
Comet NEOWISE is now heading out of the inner solar system. It probably can't be seen with the eye now, although large binoculars can still pick it up. Here's a beautiful telescopic image of the comet, near the globular star cluster M53.
August 9, 2020
It’s time to watch a meteor shower
Every year at this time, people around the world begin to experience a grand display of meteors. Bookmark this post! We'll be posting new meteor photos from our community of meteor-watchers in 2020 here.
August 6, 2020
An evening storm, and a morning storm
Two beautiful images from the EarthSky community, showing early August 2020 storms in the U.S. Midwest.
August 5, 2020
LIDAR over Antarctica
A laser shoots into the sky to study the atmosphere at Concordia research station in Antarctica.
August 4, 2020
Journey of Venus
A composite image - made of photos acquired over 500 days - showing the waxing and waning of Venus, and the changing size of the planet's visible disk, as it orbits the sun one step inward from Earth.
July 14, 2020
Nishinoshima volcano belches ash and lava
A young volcanic island in the western Pacific Ocean has been going through a vigorous growth spurt since mid-June 2020.
July 12, 2020
Eclipse? What eclipse?
Even experienced observers say they couldn't discern the Earth's shadow on the moon during the partial penumbral eclipse of July 4-5, 2020.
July 5, 2020
Dusty sunrises and sunsets over U.S. South
See the layers of dust set against this South Carolina sunset? That dust came from Africa's Sahara Desert. It traveled across the Atlantic Ocean this month to cause dusty skies across the U.S. South and into Texas.
June 30, 2020
