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Russian scientists penetrated miles of Antarctic ice to reach Lake Vostok. (Russian Geographical Society)
Feb 20, 2012 Earth 3 Comments

Chuck Kennicutt: Penetrating miles of Antarctic ice in search of alien-like life

Russian scientists have penetrated miles of Antarctic ice to analyze waters for alien-like life. EarthSky spoke with oceanographer Chuck Kennicutt.

Image credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech
Feb 17, 2012 Space 11 Comments

Alan Boss on Earth-like planet discovered 600 light years away

Alan Boss is on the team of researchers that discovered the planet, named Kepler 22-b. He spoke with EarthSky.

Image Credit: NASA
Feb 08, 2012 Earth 1 Comment

Alan Belward tracks changes to Earth’s forests from space

EarthSky spoke with satellite researcher Alan Belward, who studies changes to Earth’s forests.

Star survey revealed something new about the growth of our Milky Way galaxy.
Jan 31, 2012 Space 2 Comments

Judy Cheng: Milky Way grew from inside out

Astronomer Judy Cheng of UC Santa Cruz was part of a survey of stars called SEGUE-2 that found the inner disk of our Milky Way galaxy grew differently than the outer disk.

Snowy owl sighting soar this winter. (USFWS)
Jan 31, 2012 Biodiversity 4 Comments

Snowy owl sightings soar

Snowy owl sightings have soared in the lower 48 states of the U.S. in early 2012.

Simulation of a galaxy's dark matter halo
Jan 30, 2012 Space 5 Comments

Sukanya Chakrabarti maps dark matter from ripples of passing satellites

Mapping the unseen dark matter halo of a galaxy, using gravitational ripples caused by passing satellite galaxies.

Scientist are studying potential for biofuel production in Southwestern U.S. Image Credit: ka2rina
Jan 26, 2012 Energy 5 Comments

Amelia Wolf: Is US Southwest a good place to grow biofuels?

Biofuel production in the southwestern U.S. can add to the country’s existing biofuels portfolio, according to a study by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Snow afternoon seen from an R/C plane in Wisconsin.
Jan 24, 2012 Earth Leave a comment

Fresh Wisconsin snow video from R/C plane

This amazing birdseye video taken January 20, 2012 via radio controlled (R/C) plane shows a fresh blanket of snow at River Falls, Wisconsin.

Gavin Schmidt via MCKIBILLO
Jan 16, 2012 Earth 7 Comments

Gavin Schmidt on communicating climate change

EarthSky’s Science Communicator of the Year says that telling people about how scientists work is a key to communicating the science of climate change.

The fly with the golden bottom, named after singer Beyoncé.
Jan 15, 2012 Biodiversity 1 Comment

New Beyoncé fly named for golden bottom

Australian scientists have named a new species of horse fly with a golden bottom in honor of the American pop diva Beyoncé.