... The Universe Evolves . 5.09.1999 . ... It's only Planet Earth, of course ... as seen on the Water Vapor Channel. ... Venus Falls Out of the Evening Sky . ... Eclipse Over The Mountain . ... Nearly four kilometers across, the huge rock known as 1999 JM8 silently passed only 8.5 million kilometers from the Earth in early August. ... Symbiotic Star Bubbles . ... The two stars at the center of this nebula are very different. ... This shadow moves across the Earth at nearly 2000 kilometers per hour. ...