perseid meteor shower

Here comes Jupiter!

Despite interfering moonlight, many denizens of planet Earth were able to watch this year's Perseid meteor shower.

Welcome to the December Solstice, the first day of winter in planet Earth's northern hemisphere and summer in the south.

The highest peak on planet Earth is framed in this mountain and night skyscape.

A crescent Moon is about to sink under the western horizon in this sea and night skyscape.

You've probably seen a circle around the Sun before. More common than rainbows, ice halos, like a 22 degree circular halo for example, can be easy to spot, especially if you can shade your eyes from direct sunlight.

Here comes Jupiter! NASA's robotic spacecraft Juno is continuing on its 53-day, highly-elongated orbits around our Solar System's largest planet