Sign Up for Our Amazing Newsletter!
A daily update by email. Science news, great photos, sky alerts.
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Posts by
Editors of EarthSky
Froth of magnetic bubbles at edge of solar system
Voyager mission scientists say these spacecraft have sent back big news from the edge of our solar system: it's bubbly out there.
June 9, 2011
Hottest summers now might be coolest summers by 2050
Coolest summers may be hotter than the hottest summers of the past 50 years for many areas of the globe if greenhouse gases continue to rise, study shows.
June 9, 2011
Supernova 1987A remnant lights up
Supernova 1987A has become the youngest supernova remnant visible to us.
June 9, 2011
Dramatic solar flare June 7, 2011. Aurora alert
On June 7, 2011, a solar flare caused a large cloud of particles on the sun to mushroom up, then fall back, looking as if it covered almost half the solar surface.
June 8, 2011
Tropical forests and carbon storage in 1st-ever map
Researchers looked at three million measurements of treetop height, along with ground data, and calculated the carbon held in tropical forests.
June 4, 2011
A week of deadly and rare tornadoes in Massachusetts
Dramatic video of June 1, 2011 tornado in Springfield, MA, crossing a river. A total of two tornadoes struck Springfield, killing 4 and injuring 40.
June 3, 2011
There’s no such thing as a jellyfish
What's a jellyfish? The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute created this wonderful video about jelly-like life forms that inhabit the ocean.
June 2, 2011
Best image yet of Milky Way twin
Astronomers say NGC 6744 - a beautiful spiral galaxy - is a twin to our home galaxy, the Milky Way. If so, we must have a similarly lovely home in space.
June 1, 2011
WHO lists cell phones as possibly carcinogenic with coffee, car exhaust, working nights
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has placed cellphones on a list of possibly carcinogenic items, also including coffee, car exhaust and night shift work.
June 1, 2011
Cats have a secret life
What do feral and free-roaming house cats do when they’re out of sight? A two-year study used tracking devices to follow the movement of feral and pet cats.
May 29, 2011
