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Aurora over Sweden
"Nature's green magic over Sweden," said photographer Jörgen Norrland Andersson, who captured this image on September 27, 2019 Thank you Jörgen!
October 5, 2019
Minuteman III launch
Alex Ustick captured the launch of Minuteman III - an unarmed test missile - from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, California.
October 3, 2019
The young moon returns
And, especially if you're on the southern half of Earth's globe, Venus and Mercury are also back in the evening sky.
September 30, 2019
Learning to live on the moon … underwater
Astronaut teams practice living and working on the moon in the pool at at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab.
September 18, 2019
Sub-auroral arc over Peyto Lake, Alberta
STEVE, and the northern lights. Does it get any better than this?
September 15, 2019
Yesterday evening’s Venus-Mercury conjunction
The close conjunction of Mercury with Venus in last night's evening sky was near the sun and exceedingly tough to spot, even with optical aid. Still, EarthSky friend Helio Vital managed to capture it!
September 13, 2019
Latest Saturn portrait, from Hubble
The solar system’s most photogenic planet, captured by most earthlings' favorite space telescope.
September 12, 2019
Venus returns to evening sky
If you're looking for Venus now - the brightest planet - you won't find it with the eye alone. But it's possible to catch the planet in September 2019, near the sunset, with a telescope.
September 8, 2019
