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Meet ESA’s SpaceBok robot
The walking and hopping SpaceBok robot is being tested now in ESA's Mars Yard, in the Netherlands. Someday these little robots might help explore the moon, or Mars.
November 29, 2018
Astronomers glimpse Comet Wirtanen’s telltale spin
This comet is due to pass closest to our sun and Earth in December 2018. It's already the brightest comet in the night sky, visible to astronomers with telescopes and binoculars. A new image shows the comet's rotation!
November 27, 2018
Lone Wanaka Tree in New Zealand
There's a legend about this tree. It's said it started out as a fence post about 80 years ago, then sprouted into the tree you see here, beloved of photographers.
November 25, 2018
A 1st glimpse of the Magellanic Clouds
Gilbert Vancell caught these 2 dwarf galaxies - satellites to our Milky Way - from Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in Indonesia, home to active volcanoes.
November 24, 2018
Glory, above a sea of clouds
For Arnaud Besancon - an astrophotographer in Germany - a night of watching for Leonid meteors ended in a beautiful surprise.
November 22, 2018
Aurora and Milky Way over Norway
On November 6, Stephen Hanley captured this piece of an aurora beside the Milky Way in the sky over Skulsfjord, Norway. Thanks, Steve!
November 21, 2018
See it! The weekend’s meteor showers
Both Leonid and Taurid meteors were raining down this past weekend. Many said the Leonids were sparse this year, but the EarthSky community caught some! Photos here.
November 19, 2018
View from space: Camp Fire burns through Paradise
Satellite image of the area around Paradise, California, on the morning of November 8 shows the Camp Fire when it was only 4 hours old, yet had already burned halfway through the city.
November 17, 2018
The night the stars fell
Check out this old engraving of the November 1833 Leonid meteor shower. It's one reason this shower - due to peak this weekend - is so famous.
November 16, 2018
Sun pillar over Indiana
Charlie Winstead in southwest Indiana said, "Looked like there would be an interesting sky at sunrise, so headed out to shoot ... While en route, I noticed the sun pillar."
November 13, 2018
