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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.

Deborah Byrd

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.

Deborah Byrd

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.

Deborah Byrd

March 2, 2019

Lunar halo over Mobius Arch

A lunar halo over one of the natural arches in California's Alabama Hills.

Eleanor Imster

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.

Paul Scott Anderson

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.

Deborah Byrd

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.

Deborah Byrd

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.

Deborah Byrd

February 22, 2019

Firefall at Yosemite National Park

Around this time of year - if the western horizon stays clear - the last few minutes of daylight fall perfectly on Horsetail Falls, making it glow as if on fire. Photographers call it the firefall ...

Deborah Byrd

February 21, 2019