Astronomy Picture of the Day . The Belt of Venus over the Valley of the Moon . ... How's the weather on Neptune? Tracking major weather patterns on the Solar System's outermost gas giant can help in the understanding of global weather patterns here on Earth. ... Known to some as the Elephant's Trunk Nebula, parts of gas and dust clouds of this star formation region may appear to take on foreboding forms, some nearly human. ... The Last Moon Shot . ... The Coma Cluster of Galaxies . ...