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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
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.
March 4, 2019
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.
March 3, 2019
The next big leap
SpaceX took a giant step this weekend with the successful launch of its Crew Dragon demo capsule, its first spacecraft designed to carry humans.
March 2, 2019
Lunar halo over Mobius Arch
A lunar halo over one of the natural arches in California's Alabama Hills.
March 1, 2019
Green dragon aurora over Iceland
Do you see the dragon in this green aurora that appeared over Iceland earlier this month? It's an example of what's called pareidolia.
February 27, 2019
Touchdown marks on asteroid Ryugu
A new image from Japan's Hayabusa-2 spacecraft reveals a large, dark, irregular spot where the craft landed on asteroid Ryugu's surface last week.
February 26, 2019
Andromeda galaxy via robotic telescope
James Figge of Delmar, New York captured this image on February 23, 2019 - from the comfort of his home - with the Harvard-Smithsonian 6-inch robotic telescope in Arizona.
February 25, 2019
Rainbow and anticrepuscular rays over English coast
"A delightful rainbow which particularly caught my eye as it framed the anticrepuscular rays on the horizon," said photographer Alec Jones.
February 22, 2019
