EarthSky

Updates on your cosmos and world.

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Many in Europe will see a partial #solareclipse tomorrow that's deep enough to create tiny, dancing crescent suns under trees. Tree leaves are creating natural #pinholecameras that project the image of the #sun and #moon. ⚫️☀️📸

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📸 Robert Asher.

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A fiery prominence hurled a huge amount of solar #plasma into space last Saturday, and it's aimed right at Earth. It might spark eomagnetic storms. So consider yourselves alerted, #aurora watchers at higher latitudes!

Keep up with the sun news: https://t.co/dVTIcoTvEg

📸 NOAA

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Venus' greatest distance from the sunset is this week! 🌌🌅

#Venus - the brightest #planet in Earth's sky - is shining in the west after #sunset. You can't miss it! It's exceedingly bright, even in the twilight sky.

Read more https://t.co/lIc765qYpo

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Hi skywatchers! Tomorrow, August 12, millions of people in Spain, Iceland, Greenland and beyond will see a spectacular total #solareclipse. Join EarthSky for a livestream tomorrow at noon CDT. #astronomy ⚫️☀️

Find out more:
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It's time for the Perseid meteor shower! 🌠

The #Perseids are peaking! And the peak morning hours on August 12 and 13 are moon-free. Watch before dawn - under a dark sky - and you might see 50 to 100 #meteors per hour.

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Nicole Chaps in Parma, Ohio, saw this #Monarch #chrysalis with golden flecks on milkweed in the morning dew last Friday. Thank you, Nicole! 🦋📸

https://t.co/QJqhi6Jwgc

See more great photos, and submit yours, at EarthSky Community Photos:
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John Blough in North Carolina sent us this beautiful photo of the #MilkyWay while at the beach last Friday. Thank you, John! 🌌📸

https://t.co/KC7IwdJq8R

See more great photos, and submit yours, at EarthSky Community Photos:
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On August 12, 2026, the moon will pass directly in front of the sun, creating one of nature’s most breathtaking sights: a total solar #eclipse. Join EarthSky's Deborah Byrd for a preview of this extraordinary event.

Here's all you need to know: https://t.co/izljLfpfz8

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Nicole Chaps in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, captured this Columbian ground #squirrel in late July. Thank you, Nicole! 🐿️📸

https://t.co/djLyHcvlq3

See more great photos, and submit yours at EarthSky Community Photos:
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Seagulls racing the sun for home ... Cecille Kennedy in Depoe Bay, Oregon, saw these 5 #seagulls at #sunset flying north to Pirate Cove. Thank you, Cecille! 🐦🌅

https://t.co/b5rxIgaLAf

See more great photos, and submit yours:
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Want to see more #meteors during August's #Perseid meteor shower—or any meteor shower? In 2026, the best time to watch the Perseid meteor shower is after midnight through dawn on the mornings of August 12 and 13.

Here are 9 tips to see more!
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Before dawn Monday and Tuesday, the waning #moon - what astronomers call an "old moon" - will float near the red planet #Mars. Will you see it? 🤔

For more sky events, visit EarthSky’s night sky guide at: https://t.co/n6c6gePlBg

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Elmarie van Rooyen in Smoky Lake, Alberta captured this image of a bumblebee enjoying some nectar. Thank you, Elmarie!
https://t.co/NhT39Ay7TJ

Have a photo of your own to share? Submit it to us here!
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Join EarthSky's Marcy Curran for your skywatching best bets for the week of August 10. There's a solar #eclipse, the #Perseid meteor shower and the moon pairs up with Venus. See what's in store in the sky this week!
https://t.co/wdQwISB3Ld

📸 Chart by EarthSky team member Alex.

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A team of international researchers has used the Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii to take the highest-resolution images of the #sun’s surface. Read about it at: https://t.co/xECNfsx4lH

📸 NSF/ NSO/ AURA/ MPS.

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Earth’s magnetic field lit up overnight. A coronal mass ejection (CME) that left the #sun on August 4 swept past our planet. The Southern Hemisphere did see dynamic #aurora. Read more sun news at: https://t.co/dVTIcoTvEg

📸 Australian Antarctic Division.

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Lorraine Boyd in Delmar, New York, captured this image of a #monarch #butterfly resting on a flower. Thank you, Lorraine!
https://t.co/GONZwhtcBV

Have a photo of your own to share? Submit it to us here!
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Cecille Kennedy in Corvallis, Oregon, captured this image of a blooming pink #lotus flower. Beautiful! Thank you, Cecille!
https://t.co/MMwIkk15uj

Have a photo of your own to share? Submit it to us here!
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Tim Rubbert in northwestern Montana captured this image of a "mother #grizzly, early in the morning in a patch of asters." Thank you, Tim!
https://t.co/Exv2KU9qTL

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Kamala Venkatesh in Joshua Tree National Park, California, captured this view on July 12. Thank you, Kamala!
https://t.co/XB1AmvNDHY

Have a photo of your own to share? Submit it to us here!
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