Galaxy with a tail

This striking image shows just a part of the spectacular tail emerging from a spiral galaxy nicknamed D100.

A sign of spring

A bluebird on a snowy day in Massachusetts is a sign that spring is coming.

Moon, Mars and me

Niko Powe waved a sparkler at the starry sky. He wrote, "Sirius, Orion, Hyades, Pleiades, the moon, Mars, and me."

Hot air balloon at sunrise, over Morocco

Sunrise in Marrakech, Morocco, on February 27, 2019, taken from a hot air balloon. Photo by Ming Bow.

Light painting

Beams of light across the night sky on a lonely Florida highway.

Snow roller in New Hampshire

Have you ever heard of snow rollers? We hadn't either. They're like the snowballs people roll to make snowmen. But, instead of people, nature rolls them.

Virga and cloud shadows over Africa

Virga is rain that falls but doesn't reach the ground. It helped create this spectacular scene over Mutare, Zimbabwe, on March 5, 2019.

One of the last Iridium flares

Only a few of the original, sometimes-glinting Iridium satellites are still in low Earth orbit. They have 3 reflective panels that occasionally catch the sun and produce a visible flare lasting between 5 and 20 seconds.

North Star over New Mexico

Polaris - aka the North Star - is in the center of the great turning wheel of stars in this photo. It's the star around which the entire northern sky appears to turn.

See it! Photos of moon and morning planets

The moon has swept past the planets that are up shortly before sunup this week. The EarthSky community caught the early morning sky scenes.