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Venus after sunset
To see Venus, look west after sunset. Unless the moon is there, too, it'll be the brightest object you'll see.
March 26, 2018
Ghost tracks
The Milky Way rising over the famous buried “ghost tracks” on the beach at Cape May, New Jersey.
March 24, 2018
Find Vincent van Gogh’s Big Dipper
Here's an easy astronomy lesson, from a master in the art of loving nature.
March 23, 2018
Mars passes the Lagoon and Trifid
Mars is now brightening dramatically and making a beeline through many constellations. Astrophotographer Muzamir Mazlan in Malaysia caught it sweeping between the Lagoon and Trifid nebulae.
March 22, 2018
An unusual shot of anticrepuscular rays
It looks like ordinary crepuscular rays are coming from the reflected sunlight at the base of this mountain. But that's not what's happening in this rare photo.
March 21, 2018
See it! Young moon, Venus, Mercury
Wow! So many of you are catching the moon, Venus and Mercury after sunset. Thank you for all your photos. We wish we could post them all!
March 19, 2018
Rose-colored Jupiter
This Juno spacecraft image, taken February 7, 2018, captures a close-up view of a storm with bright cloud tops in planet Jupiter's northern hemisphere.
March 18, 2018
Stunning Mars images, from Curiosity
The Curiosity rover has sent back some beautiful new images of the foothills of Mount Sharp in Gale crater on Mars.
March 16, 2018
Sun pillar at Vancouver Island
Sun pillars happen when sunlight reflects from plate-like ice crystals, drifting through Earth's atmosphere with a horizontal orientation, gently rocking from side to side as they fall.
March 14, 2018
