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Photos of last night’s young moon
The young moon has returned to the west after sunset. Check out these photos from the EarthSky Community.
April 7, 2019
Fireball over New Mexico
You can expect meteor activity to increase in the coming months, as we re-enter a time of year for major meteor showers. Here's what appears to be a random meteor, but a very bright one!
April 5, 2019
Farewell old moon, hello Mercury
Many in the EarthSky community caught the brightest planet Venus and the very old moon - a waning crescent in the east before the sun - this week. Some also caught elusive Mercury near the moon.
April 4, 2019
See it! Mars meets the Sisters
Red Mars has been exceedingly close - and is still close - to the Pleiades star cluster, aka the Seven Sisters. These EarthSky Community photos show them in the west after sunset, where you can see them for some nights to come.
April 2, 2019
Moon and Saturn Friday morning
The March 29 occultation of Saturn by the moon was visible from eastern Brazil, southern Africa, Madagascar, the southern tip of India, and Sri Lanka.
March 31, 2019
Large Magellanic Cloud over Neill Island
Northern Hemisphere skywatchers need to be south of about 20 degrees N. latitude to see the Large Magellanic Cloud. Aman Chokshi caught it from Neill Island, India, at about 10 degrees N.
March 28, 2019
SOHO looks at equinox sun
Four views of the sun taken by the SOHO solar observatory on the morning of the March 2019 equinox.
March 27, 2019
Fiery sunset
Neeraj Ladia in Chennai, India, caught this beautiful sunset last week, on the day of the equinox. Thank you, Neeraj!
March 26, 2019
Milky Way and rock art
No one knows for sure what ancient culture drew this rock art.
March 25, 2019
