Wednesday, March 7, 2018

March 7 - Views of Home

color-facebook-96.png
color-twitter-96.png
color-instagram-96.png
color-link-96.png
Views of home
Intriguing and inspiring perspectives of our home planet from spacecraft cameras looking back at Earth.
See it! Moon passes Jupiter
The waning moon - up between late night and early morning - sweeps near 3 planets this week. Photos here from the EarthSky community, plus a chart showing which planets you can see next!
Where's the moon? Waning gibbous
Last quarter moon will be March 9. New moon will be March 17.
Permafrost might unleash carbon within decades
Permafrost in the coldest northern Arctic will thaw enough to become a permanent source of carbon to the atmosphere in this century, says a study.

The EarthSky Store

Help us keep presenting your world, and cosmos, to you. Plus get some cool astronomy swag while doing so!

Moon sweeps past morning planets March 7 to 11
See how the planets make a graceful line in the sky before dawn? It's because these worlds all orbit our sun on nearly the same plane. That fact leads to the words ecliptic and zodiac.
See it! Moon passes Jupiter
The moon swept past Jupiter first. Ken Gallagher in Lake Havasu, Arizona caught the very bright planet Jupiter inside a lunar halo Tuesday morning.
Submit your photo to EarthSky here!
Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
Instagram
Website