Cameras outside the space station captured dramatic views of major Hurricane Matthew as the orbital complex flew 250 miles above (speed x4). pic.twitter.com/nfAQuw2OQC — Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) October 3, […]
#Swarmmission reveals our magnetic oceans and electric Earth – a first from space https://t.co/X8eebEBS0i pic.twitter.com/hUHh9xQ1C3 — ESA (@esa) October 4, 2016
A total eclipse of the Moon happens before or during dawn Saturday morning for the western half of North America; the farther west you are the better. It happens during […]
Look above Venus at nightfall for the Pleiades star cluster, the size of your fingertip at arm’s length. It’s 8° above Venus this evening. It will pass Venus by less […]
The coming of April always finds Orion in the southwest at dusk, leaning over with his three-star belt almost horizontal (depending on your time and latitude). The belt points left […]
The waxing gibbous Moon shines beneath Regulus and the Sickle of Leo early this evening, as shown at right. Farther upper right of the Moon shines bright Jupiter. By late […]
Watch Jupiter’s satellite Europa emerge out of eclipse from Jupiter’s shadow around 11:01 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. With a telescope, watch for it to gradually glimmer into view a little […]
Tonight the Moon and Jupiter cross the sky together. Although they look fairly near each other, looks in astronomy are deceiving. Jupiter is almost 1,800 times farther away than the […]
Now the Moon has moved inside the triangle of Jupiter, Pollux, and Procyon.
This evening the Moon forms a big kite shape with bright Jupiter far to its left, Pollux to the Moon’s upper left, and Procyon to its lower left