NASA’s Perpetual Ocean 2 video will mesmerize you

Watch a mesmerizing new perpetual ocean video that shows the movements of the currents and eddies that churn off the eastern coasts of the continents.

The best deep-sky photos of February 2025

Enjoy this gallery of deep-sky photos for February 2025 from our EarthSky community. If you have a great photo to share, send it in, too. We love to see them!

Watch as Mars’ moons trade places in the sky

Watch a video from Mars Express orbiter showing Mars' moons - Phobos and Deimos - crossing in the sky. ESA released these images on March 1, 2025.

See Earth and the Milky Way in this stunning shot

Astronaut Don Pettit has captured stunning views of Earth and the Milky Way from the International Space Station. Check them here.

Deep-sky photos for January 2025: Editor’s picks

Enjoy this gallery of deep-sky photos for January 2025 from our EarthSky community. If you have a great photo to share, send it in. We love to see them!

A filament of the cosmic web! Clearest image yet

A new image from ESO's Very Large Telescope provides what these astronomers called "our clearest view yet" of a filament in the cosmic web.

New Blue Marble image from Blue Ghost spacecraft

The Blue Ghost lunar spacecraft, flown by Firefly Aeronautics for NASA, took this "Blue Marble" picture of Earth from orbit around our planet.

Thousands evacuated as Hughes fire breaks out in LA County

The Hughes fire is currently moving through LA county. It ignited northwest of Los Angeles on Wednesday morning and has spread across more than 10,000 acres.

Comet ATLAS G3 in the sunset’s glow: Pics here!

Comet ATLAS G3 is near the sun just after sunset until about January 20 for those in the Northern Hemisphere. Here are some of the first pics of the comet!

Leo P and a host of other galaxies

Researchers used the Webb Space Telescope to reveal patterns of star formation in a dwarf galaxy, Leo P. The image captured many other galaxies too.

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