The Andromeda galaxy is the closest big galaxy to our Milky Way. At 2.5 million light-years, it's the most distant thing you can see with the eye alone. The moon is waning. It's the right time of year. Time to start looking! Read more.
The moon is now in a waning gibbous phase. Watch for it this weekend, shortly after sunrise, floating pale and beautiful against a blue sky. Read more.
Kangaroos in the snow in Lyonville, in Victoria’s central highlands. Image via Nicholas Dunand/The Conversation. Click in to read more and see more pics of Australia's cold snap.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Mike Lewinski of Tres Piedras, New Mexico, captured a sequence of 223 still images on August 14, in order to make this composite of a storm with star trails. He wrote: "This shows the progression of a storm across the Sangre de Cristo mountains from 10:15 - 11:15 p.m. ... The full moon lit the foreground nicely." Thank you, Mike!
