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Planet Earth at Blue Hour

Nature photographers and other fans of planet Earth always look forward to the blue hour.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Shipwreck at Moonset

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

Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Last Days of Venus as the Evening Star

That's not a young crescent Moon poised above the hills along the western horizon at sunset.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Parker vs Perseid

The brief flash of a bright Perseid meteor streaks across the upper right in this composited series of exposures made early Sunday morning near the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Launch of the Parker Solar Probe

When is the best time to launch a probe to the Sun?

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Moon and Venus over Cannon Beach

What's that spot next to the Moon? Venus.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Shadow Rise on the Inside Passage

At sunset look east not west. As Earth's dark shadow rises from the eastern horizon, faint and subtle colors will appear opposite the setting Sun.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Highlights of the Summer Sky

What can you see in the night sky this summer?

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Six Planets from Yosemite

The five naked-eye planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, have been seen since ancient times to wander the night skies of planet Earth.

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