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EarthSky Voices
Clearest view of the sun’s corona: See the stunning details
Using new adaptive optics, a solar telescope in California has now captured the clearest views yet of the sun's corona, or outermost atmosphere.
May 30, 2025
Livestream: 100 hours to save America’s forecasts
Watch Skeptical Science's The Weather and Climate Livestream. This 100-hour-plus livestream will feature speakers explaining government cuts and more.
May 27, 2025
Humpback whales are giving birth outside breeding grounds
Scientists have found humpback whales and calves swimming in cold waters, far from traditional breeding grounds. Greater awareness could help protect them.
May 27, 2025
New images show a pair of galaxies in a deep-space battle
For the first time, astronomers have observed a pair of galaxies where one is piercing the other with intense radiation from a quasar powered by a black hole.
May 21, 2025
How cuts to science in the US endanger everyone
Cuts to science in the United States will impact our ability to monitor storms, improve the safety of structures and prepare for the next pandemic.
May 21, 2025
Human World
US academic freedom is under threat, says RAS
The UK's Royal Astronomical Society has endorsed a statement with over 150 European science institutions raising concerns about threats to US academic freedom.
May 21, 2025
1st discovery of frozen water in young star system
Researchers have discovered frozen water in another star system for the first time. They used Webb to find the water ice in a dusty debris disk.
May 16, 2025
Jupiter’s auroras caught on film. Watch here!
The Webb space telescope has captured video of Jupiter's auroras, showing them popping, fizzing and moving at great speed. See the video here.
May 15, 2025
Conclave: What’s in that black or white smoke?
At the papal conclave this week, white smoke indicated that a gathering of cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church had elected a new pope.
May 9, 2025
Astronomers respond to President’s FY 2026 budget request
Astronomers respond to the 2026 president's budget request. The cuts would damage a broad range of research that will not be supported by the private sector.
May 3, 2025
