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Hunter Davis, at the South Pole, captured auroras flickering in front of the two Magellanic Clouds.
A strong G3-class geomagnetic storm sparked auroras over both poles of Earth this past weekend. Hunter Davis, at the South Pole, captured images.
Hunter Davis sent these photos from Antarctica this morning of the aurora australis - or southern lights - now appearing over Earth's South Pole.
Hunter Davis wrote, "Winter is almost here at the South Pole. The last flight for the summer left last week. I'm just waiting for the sun to go down so I can photograph some stars! "
And hello, Iridium NEXT. The final launch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites is targeted for January 8, 2019, at 7:48 a.m. PST. Meanwhile, the beloved glints of Iridium flares are disappearing from Earth's night skies.
High, thin cirrus clouds create halos around the sun or moon. This one is over Antarctica, at a time when the sun is shining 24 hours a day.
Listen to the bird songs of extinct birds, including a Bachman's warbler and ivory-billed woodpecker. Their voices are preserved through priceless recordings.
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Sometimes called Barnard's Runaway Star, it's one of the best known stars in the history of astronomy and in popular culture.
Moon was rising and setting with the sun in the past few days. Now it's far enough from the sun's glare to be visible in the evening sky, shortly after sunset.
A range-wide study of Arctic whale genetics finds much genetic diversity was lost during the age of commercial whaling. Scientists studied bowhead whales.
California condors were all but extinct a few decades ago. Their numbers are up, and they are now at the center of the controversy over lead hunting ammunition.