On Friday morning, the lit side of the moon will point toward Venus. The trick is to have patience, to wait for Venus to rise. Maybe scan with your binoculars. This'll be a fun observation. It's a wondrous thing to see such a bright object as Venus so low in the dawn sky. Read more.
Good luck catching this early-morning sky scene. Two beautiful heavenly bodies - the moon and Venus - will be near the sunrise point, basking in the sweet glow of dawn. See the chart below and read more.
New analyses of satellite data show that the start of the spring growing season in northern Europe has advanced by .3 days per year from 2000 to 2016. Read more.
This is Jezero crater on Mars, the chosen landing site of NASA's Mars 2020 rover mission. These channels were carved by flowing water on ancient Mars. Read more. Image via NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
There are all sorts of colored arcs and bands to be seen in the sky, but these are true iridescent clouds. Notice the randomness of the color pattern, and the fact that the sun is nearby, but hidden behind a cloud. How to identify iridescent clouds. This photo was taken May 28, 2019, by Amirul Hazim Kamarulzaman at Telok Kemang Observatory, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
