When you see concentric colored rings around a sunset, you might want to grab a tissue. This atmospheric phenomenon results from an abundance of uniformly sized pollen grains, drifting in the air.

Photographer Yuri Beletsky captured red sprites flashing over the Chilean Andes Mountains.

Northern Europe had an amazing display of these clouds this week.

Wow! This was a tough choice. Thank you to all who submitted photos in 2019! Here are a few of our favorites.

The December 26, 2019, annular or 'ring of fire' solar eclipse was viewed across a narrow track that started at sunrise in Saudi Arabia and ended at sunset over the North Pacific Ocean.

Raul Cortes in Monterrey, Mexico, caught the solstice sunrise in a sequence of images on December 22, 2019.

These images are from members of our community. Thanks so much for sharing your images with us!

Hubble image of spiral galaxy NGC 5468.

A day on the moon lasts about an earthly month, so dawn comes to each part of the moon only that often. In this view from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, you can see a crater's central peak illuminated by sunlight, while the crater floor remains dark.

For those of you with telescopes, or telescopic lenses, here's something to watch for on a moon just past 1st quarter.