Many photos of Sunday evening's extremely thin and lovely young moon. A few glimpsed it near Mercury and Saturn, too. Watch for the waxing crescent in the evenings ahead.
The auroras over Earth's north and south poles typically mirror each other. But X-ray observations show that Jupiter's auroras pulse on different timescales.
Sunday evening's waxing crescent moon from Nuno Lopes in Barreiro, Portugal. More photos here. On Monday evening, you should be able to see Saturn near the moon.
Following several days of cloud, rain and uncertainty, the skies suddenly cleared to reveal the sun and moon setting on what was expected to be the end of an era in Zimbabwe. Story and photos by Peter Lowenstein.
