Reflect Orbital promises sunlight on demand. What exactly does that mean and how would it affect astronomy? Image via Marys_fotos/ Pixabay.We live in uncertain times. But things are always so much more peaceful, looking up. Please help EarthSky keep going!| EarthSky
On 3 October, ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) turned its eyes toward interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passed close to Mars. Comet 3I/ATLAS is the slightly fuzzy white dot moving downward near the middle of the image. Despite not being designed to capture something so far away, ExoMars TGO revealed the coma of gas and dust surrounding the icy-rocky nucleus. Image via ESA/ TGO/ CaSSIS.| EarthSky
Do you want to learn how to shoot photos of meteors? Geminid meteor in 2012. Image via Henry Shaw. Used with permission.We live in uncertain times. But things are always so much more peaceful, looking up. Please help EarthSky keep going!| EarthSky
Using data from several Mars missions, scientists have put together a catalog of dust devils on Mars that help track winds and troublesome dust. The post Dancing dust devils on Mars trace raging winds first appeared on EarthSky.| Space | EarthSky
This image shows a combined James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope view of the spiral galaxy NGC 1637. It is located some 40 million light-years away. The box in the lower right (enlarged in the upper right) shows the doomed star, a supernova known as SN2025pht. Image via Northwestern/ NASA/ ESA/ CSA/ STScI/ Charles Kilpatrick and Aswin Suresh (Northwestern).The article below is taken from a release by Northwestern University on October 8, 2025. Edits by EarthSky.| EarthSky
Hooray! It’s meteor time! That’s right, the Draconid meteor shower starts in early October. Plus, they blend in with the popular Orionid meteor shower. And the Taurid meteor shower is ongoing now as well.| EarthSky
NASA has said the International Space Station will cease operations at the end of 2030. What will replace it? Image via NASA/ Roscosmos.| EarthSky
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Mandy Daniels captured this image on September 4, 2025, from the UK and wrote: “The waxing gibbous moon, showing 90% phase.” Thank you Mandy! See how to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night below.International Observe the Moon Night 2025| EarthSky
Members of the EarthSky community - including scientists, as well as science and nature writers from across the globe - weigh in on what's important to them.| earthsky.org
