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Venus, Saturn, Jupiter
These 3 planets - 2 very bright ones and a fainter one - are lined up in the early morning sky now, nearly equidistant from each other.
March 16, 2019
Frozen waves on Lake Michigan
Frozen waves on Lake Michigan, in a photo by Glenn Hughson.
March 15, 2019
Galaxy with a tail
This striking image shows just a part of the spectacular tail emerging from a spiral galaxy nicknamed D100.
March 14, 2019
A sign of spring
A bluebird on a snowy day in Massachusetts is a sign that spring is coming.
March 13, 2019
Moon, Mars and me
Niko Powe waved a sparkler at the starry sky. He wrote, "Sirius, Orion, Hyades, Pleiades, the moon, Mars, and me."
March 12, 2019
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.
March 10, 2019
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.
March 8, 2019
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.
March 6, 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.
March 5, 2019
