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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
Doves at dawn
Emma Monica Andrici took this photo on the morning of March 19, 2019, in Kolding, Denmark. She wrote, "Beautiful golden dawn, with peace doves resting on the lamps."
March 24, 2019
Star trails over Colorado
A peaceful scene in Colorado, the week of the March equinox.
March 23, 2019
Planets in perspective
Morning planets in front of the Milky Way identifying the ecliptic and the galactic plane.
March 21, 2019
Night basketball
As we shift into spring here in the Northern Hemisphere, the nights are beckoning!
March 20, 2019
Storm in a cosmic teacup
Nicknamed the Teacup because of its shape, this quasar is causing a cosmic storm in a distant galaxy. The source of the squall is a supermassive black hole buried at a galaxy's center.
March 18, 2019
Jupiter or Earth?
Swirls in Jupiter’s atmosphere and in Earth’s Baltic Sea look a lot alike. That's because the motion of fluids on both planets are governed by same laws of physics.
March 17, 2019
