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Dave Adalian

Goodbye, Rock Friend! Mars rover loses pet rock

Fans react as the Perseverance Mars rover loses its pet rock, Rock Friend, this week after more than a year together. Thanks for the ride, NASA!

Dave Adalian

April 22, 2023

Historic Starship launch, success. Explosive finale!

The SpaceX Starship launched successfully on Thursday, April 20. Details here, plus a place to rewatch the broadcast stream.

Dave Adalian

April 21, 2023

Midnight SpaceX launch was a success. Falcon 9 returned to pad

Success for the midnight SpaceX launch on April 14-15, 2023. The launch - from California - was expected to be visible from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

Dave Adalian

April 15, 2023

$25K reward offered for meteorite from daylight fireball

A museum is offering a $25,000 reward for a piece of a meteorite that fell on April 8, 2023 on the US-Canada border.

Dave Adalian

April 14, 2023

Blue blob colony creatures invade California beaches

Blue blob colony creatures are washing up by the millions on California beaches. They are called by-the-wind sailors.

Dave Adalian

April 13, 2023

California superbloom carpets landscape in color

The California superbloom is underway for 2023. Drought conditions followed by copious rain led to this beautiful floral outburst. Learn more here.

Dave Adalian

April 12, 2023

Indian rocket launch completes OneWeb satellite constellation

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched 36 satellites for the OneWeb internet constellation on March 26, 2023.

Dave Adalian

March 27, 2023

World’s 1st 3D-printed rocket: Beautiful launch, but no joy

Relativity launched the world's 1st 3D-printed rocket yesterday, March 22, 2023. But the rocket failed to achieve orbit after the 1st stage.

Dave Adalian

March 23, 2023

Another atmospheric river is slamming California

Another atmospheric river will slam California today, March 14, 2023, bringing dangerous rainfall amounts and additional flooding.

Dave Adalian

Editors of EarthSky

March 14, 2023

Japanese rocket fails to make orbit, drops like a stone

The Japanese rocket H3 failed to reach orbit on its maiden flight on March 6, 2023. The spacecraft and its payload, a JAXA satellite, were lost.

Dave Adalian

March 7, 2023

Dave Adalian

Award-winning reporter and editor Dave Adalian's fascination with the cosmos began during a long-ago summer school trip. That fieldtrip never ended, and still Dave pursues adventures under the night sky. Dave grew up in California's Tulare County - where the San Joaquin Valley meets the Sierra Nevada - a wilderness larger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined. He studied English, American literature and mass communications at the College of the Sequoias and the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has worked as a reporter and editor for a variety news publications on- and offline during a career spanning more than 30 years.