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Eleanor Imster
November 2019 was 2nd hottest on record for planet
Last month was the 2nd warmest November in the 140-year global climate record, and polar sea ice coverage shrank to near-record lows, according to a NOAA report. .
December 23, 2019
Favorite EarthSky images of the season
These images are from members of our community. Thanks so much for sharing your images with us!
December 20, 2019
Scientists see a new kind of explosion on the sun
A new kind of magnetic explosion, called forced magnetic reconnection, was seen for the first time in images from NASA’s SDO spacecraft. Learn more in this beautiful video.
December 19, 2019
Researchers describe 71 new species in 2019
New species from 5 continents and 3 oceans include geckos, goblin spiders, flowering plants, and Mediterranean ants.
December 11, 2019
New biomass map takes stock of Earth’s carbon
ESA released the 1st of a series of global maps aimed at quantifying change in carbon stored as biomass across the world’s forests and shrublands.
December 8, 2019
Astronomers catch a comet outburst
Remember comet 46P/Wirtanen? It was a bright comet about this time last year. Around the time it swept near the Earth and sun, the comet entered the field of view NASA’s TESS planet-hunter. And boom! It underwent an outburst, caught by TESS.
December 6, 2019
How does the solar wind affect Earth?
Why should we care about the new findings - released this week - from NASA's Parker Solar Probe? This new NASA video explains how the solar wind - a stream of charged particles from the sun - affects earthly astronauts and technologies.
December 5, 2019
Active 2019 Atlantic hurricane season comes to an end
The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, which ended on November 30, produced 18 named storms, including 6 hurricanes, 3 of which were major (Category 3, 4 or 5).
December 4, 2019
Sunrise at the moon’s Bhabha crater
A day on the moon lasts about an earthly month, so dawn comes to each part of the moon only that often. In this view from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, you can see a crater's central peak illuminated by sunlight, while the crater floor remains dark.
December 4, 2019
