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Freezing rain: Beautiful, but dangerous

What causes the dangerous winter weather - freezing rain - that can down power lines, paralyze cities, bring down trees and cause serious accidents?

EarthSky Voices

January 17, 2025

Space

Little Red Dots might indicate ancient, growing black holes

Astronomers studying Webb's mysterious Little Red Dots have found evidence they could be ancient galaxies with black holes growing at their centers.

EarthSky Voices

January 16, 2025

Surprising spiral galaxy hosting a quasar jet

A recent Hubble image reveals a spiral galaxy hosting a quasar. Typically, quasars are older galaxies that have grown very massive and are not spiral shaped.

EarthSky Voices

January 13, 2025

Mercury images from final flyby of BepiColombo!

ESA released new Mercury images from BepiColombo's final flyby of Mercury on January 8, 2025. The spacecraft will eventually go into orbit around Mercury.

EarthSky Voices

January 10, 2025

Space

Kiss and capture: A new explanation for Pluto’s largest moon

Pluto and Charon may not have formed in a destructive collision like Earth and its moon, but through a newly discovered "kiss and capture" mechanism.

EarthSky Voices

January 8, 2025

Space

3 years of the Webb telescope: Here’s what it’s discovered

In the 3 years since it was launched, Webb has made a host of intriguing discoveries. Here's a rundown of its most important findings so far.

EarthSky Voices

January 7, 2025

Human World

Animal spies: The world’s most bizarre secret weapons

Governments have long relied on animal spies for covert operations, enlisting pigeons, cats and, recently, a beluga whale.

EarthSky Voices

January 5, 2025

Space

When you wish upon a star, is it already dead?

Some cynics say that when you wish upon a star, that star is already dead. But don't listen to them! The stars you can see, and your dreams, are perfectly safe.

EarthSky Voices

January 2, 2025