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Scientists now processing images of asteroid Bennu
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft - launched from Earth in September 2016 - has begun acquiring images of the mission target, primitive asteroid Bennu.
November 2, 2018
Patagonia moon
Thank you to Grafixartphoto for this image of the moon reflected in a glassy lake in Torres del Paine, a national park encompassing mountains, glaciers, lakes, and rivers in southern Chilean Patagonia on October 23, 2018.
November 1, 2018
Sun halo over Zimbabwe
Scientists call them 22-degree halos, because their radius is approximately 22 degrees from the sun. This one was seen over Africa, whose mythology about sun halos matches North American skylore.
October 30, 2018
This morning’s moon, over Hong Kong
Here's this morning's bright moon - together with the stars we in the Northern Hemisphere see as "winter" stars - over Yuen Long, Hong Kong.
October 29, 2018
Meditating under the light of Jupiter
You might still catch Jupiter in the coming week, before Earth's faster motion around the sun causes the giant planet to fall into the sunset glare.
October 28, 2018
Las Vegas morning moon
Have you been enjoying the daytime moon? Bettina Berg captured a grackle in front of the moon in Las Vegas, Nevada.
October 27, 2018
See it! Hunter’s Moon 2018
Photos from the EarthSky Community of the glorious full Hunter's Moon in the October night sky. Thanks to all who submitted!
October 25, 2018
Meteors over Montana
The Orionid meteor shower peaked last weekend, and many of the meteors were drowned in bright moonlight. But John Ashley managed to catch a few dozen in the narrow window between moonset and dawn Sunday morning.
October 24, 2018
Venus is going, going …
Venus will sweep between us and the sun (inferior conjunction) on October 26. Check out this photo - taken just 5 days before inferior conjunction - of Venus as a slim crescent world.
October 23, 2018
