Sign Up for Our Amazing Newsletter!
A daily update by email. Science news, great photos, sky alerts.
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Meet an iconic spiral galaxy
This is a particularly photogenic spiral galaxy, called NGC 2903. You can see its pinwheeling spiral arms, scatterings of stars, glowing bursts of gas, and dark lanes of cosmic dust.
June 25, 2019
Best photos of the Mercury-Mars conjunction
It was the closest conjunction of 2 planets in 2019, between Mercury and Mars. It happened low in the evening twilight - and was best seen from Earth's Southern Hemisphere. Check out these photos from EarthSky Community members.
June 23, 2019
The fish are biting
John Ashley caught these fish - with a camera - fighting and mating during a late May/early June spawning season in Montana.
June 20, 2019
Asperitas clouds ahead of the rain
Kent Reinhard captured these rare asperitas clouds on June 10. They’ve been described as “… as if viewing a roughened sea surface from below.”
June 18, 2019
Venus at sunrise from ISS
From the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Christina Koch snapped this image of the planet Venus at sunrise on May 31.
June 13, 2019
Andromeda, Jupiter, Milky Way over Montana
We're now in the middle of the best time of year to see Jupiter, and it's near the starry arc of the Milky Way. Enjoy this panoramic image from John Ashley in Montana.
June 10, 2019
Young moon
The young moon returned to the evening sky this week. June 4 photo by Heidi Gabbert in San Jose, California.
June 8, 2019
