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
How the Pillars of Creation were created
The famous Hubble 'Pillars of Creation' image was made in 1995. New research suggests how these finger-like structures of interstellar gas and dust were formed.
June 27, 2014
Puzzling X-rays in Perseus might point to dark matter
Astronomers have detected a mysterious X-ray anomaly that might be a signal of dark matter, the elusive, invisible stuff that makes up most of our universe.
June 25, 2014
Monster black hole trio discovered in distant galaxy
Researchers have discovered a distant galaxy with not one, but three supermassive black holes at its center.
June 25, 2014
Earth-sized diamond in space is coolest white dwarf star
The coldest, dimmest white dwarf star ever detected is so cool that its carbon has crystallized, forming - in effect - an Earth-sized diamond in space.
June 24, 2014
Should the Higgs boson have caused our universe to collapse?
British cosmologists have concluded that the universe should not have lasted for more than a second after the Big Bang.
June 24, 2014
Winners of International Earth & Sky Photo Contest!
This year's winners were selected from images taken in 55 countries during 2013 and 2014.
June 20, 2014
International Space Station sends a laser message from space
On June 5, astronauts aboard ISS used a beam of laser light to send an HD video to researchers waiting below.
June 19, 2014
Scientists believe a hidden “ocean” lies deep within Earth
They believe there might be three times as much water deep underground as exists in all the world's surface oceans.
June 16, 2014
Vein scanning : Pay with your hand
New payment technique scans your palm's unique vein pattern
June 13, 2014
Human language’s deep origins directly from birds, primates?
The human language that we know today arose from a fusion of birdsong and the pragmatic, content-carrying parts of speech of other primates, say researchers
June 13, 2014
