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New Year greeting from Canis Major
Sirius, the sky's brightest star, is sometimes called the Dog Star because it's in the constellation Canis Major, the Greater Dog. In this Chinese Year of the Dog ... a photo from Hong Kong.
February 20, 2018
Return of the young moon, and Venus
Two lovely and hopeful signs in the sky ... the returning young moon and Venus. Photos here from the EarthSky community.
February 19, 2018
Waterglyph
An ancient petroglyph - known as a waterglyph - on the Utah-Arizona border.
February 18, 2018
See it! Partial solar eclipse
View photos of the February 15, 2018 partial solar eclipse, which was visible from South America.
February 16, 2018
Jupiter’s North Temperate Belt
Did you know that NASA encourages people to download the RAW images from Juno's ongoing flybys of Jupiter, and also to process them?
February 13, 2018
Sunday morning moon and Saturn
An astrophotographer in Alamosa, Colorado, went outside before dawn to clear the snow. Then he noticed the moon and Saturn. That image and more, below.
February 11, 2018
Martian dust cascades
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows streaks forming on slopes when dust cascades downhill.
February 10, 2018
Åhus tree
Stefan Nilsson 's annual winter image of this tree, on the beach in Åhus, Sweden.
February 9, 2018
Contrasting crescents
A comparative look at 2 crescent moons - Saturn’s icy moon Rhea and largest moon Titan - taken by the Cassini spacecraft.
February 7, 2018
Volcán de Fuego from Earth and space
Volcán de Fuego - literally "fire volcano" - is one of Central America’s most active volcanos. Photos of its recent eruption here.
February 5, 2018
