The illuminated side of a waxing moon points east (sunrise direction). The moon in its orbit travels east, too, relative to the sky background. The moon travels about 1/2 degree eastward - its own width on our sky's dome - every hour. So the moon will go past Jupiter, and then it'll go past Saturn. Read more.
Scientists recently used Juno spacecraft data to probe the giant planet's early history. They think an object with 10 times Earth's mass struck Jupiter, billions of years ago. Read more.
New radio images made with the ALMA telescope provide a look at what's going on beneath Jupiter’s colorful storms and swirling clouds. See images and a video.
Dorian, the 2nd most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record, has devastated the Bahamas, with the death toll expected to rapidly rise as rescue work gets under way. Read more. Get NOAA’s latest updates on Dorian here.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Peter Lowenstein captured this image on August 28. He wrote: "A hazy, late-afternoon sun photographed setting behind a beautiful flowering Strelitzia (Bird of Paradise) plant in my garden." Peter is in Mutare, Zimbabwe. In the background, you see Christmas Pass, a mountain pass that leads into Mutare from the west. The pass was named by colonial pioneers who camped at the foot of the pass on Christmas Day, 1890. Thank you, Peter!
Image is the latest from NOAA's GOES-East satellite as of this morning. Visit GOES satellite page. At this morning's National Hurricane Center advisory, the eye of Hurricane Dorian was located: "... near latitude 31.7 North, longitude 79.5 West. Dorian is moving toward the north near 8 mph (13 km/h) ... On the forecast track, the center of Dorian will continue to move close to the coast of South Carolina through the day, and then move near or over the coast of North Carolina tonight and Friday." Updates from the National Hurricane Center here. Dorian weakened slightly earlier this week, but strengthened again on Wednesday. It is now a category 3 hurricane. Updates from AccuWeather here.
