... Earth's annual Lyrid meteor shower peaked before dawn on April 22nd, as our fair planet plowed through dust from the tail of long-period comet Thatcher. ... From planet Earth, we see this strongly distorted pair of galaxies, cataloged as Arp 81, as they were only about 100 million years after their close encounter. ... The El Gordo Massive Galaxy Cluster . ... Red Moon, Green Beam . ... Of course, the reddened lunar disk is easy to explain as the image was taken during this week's total lunar...