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Tonight at a Glance
Bright moon tonight — best deep-sky viewing before moonrise (00:14)
Aurora Forecast — Slight chance
Kp just below threshold, but southward Bz may push the oval further south.
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For Beginners (naked eye)
Binocular Targets
Small Scopes (3–6 inch)
Big Scopes (8–12 inch)
The Week Ahead
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 🌖 74% | 🌖 65% | 🌖 55% | 🌗 46% | 🌗 36% | 🌗 27% | 🌘 19% |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
The Aurora Tree
Yes, but can your tree do this? Pictured is a visual coincidence between the dark branches of a nearby tree and bright glow of a distant aurora. The beauty of the aurora -- combined with how it seemed to mimic a tree right nearby -- mesmerized the photographer to such a degree that he momentarily forgot to take pictures. When viewed at the right angle, it seemed that this tree had aurora for leaves. Fortunately, before the aurora morphed into a different overall shape, he came to his senses and captured the awe-inspiring momentary coincidence. Typically triggered by solar explosions, aurora are caused by high energy electrons impacting the Earth's atmosphere around 150 kilometers up. The unusual Earth-sky collaboration was witnessed in March of 2017 in Iceland. Sky Surprise: What picture did APOD feature on your birthday? (after 1995)
Image credit: Alyn Wallace — APOD is a service of NASA and Michigan Tech. U.
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NASA uses advanced simulations to optimize launch conditions for Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the Moon under the Artemis program.
NASA — 20 Mar 2026
Artemis II rocket completes its second rollout to the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center, advancing preparations for the lunar test flight.
ESA — 20 Mar 2026
NASA's observations of the rare interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from over a dozen science missions are archived in public data for future discoveries.
NASA — 20 Mar 2026
NASA's newest astronaut candidate class of ten explorers is training at Johnson Space Center for future missions to the ISS, Moon, and Mars.
NASA — 19 Mar 2026
Watch Earth from Space
A 3D globe with real-time day/night terminator, ISS position tracking, aurora oval overlay, and city lights. See where the sun is shining — and where the stars are out.
Open Earth
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