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Eleanor Imster
Melting small glaciers could add 10 inches to sea level by 2100
A new analysis of 200,000 glaciers worldwide paints a picture of a future planet with a lot less ice and a lot more water.
June 5, 2019
Crepuscular rays in a smoky Alberta sky
Fire season has gotten an early start in Alberta, Canada.
June 3, 2019
Amazing captures of the moon and Venus
We weren't sure anyone would capture the slim crescent moon and Venus on June 1, much less June 2. They were so very near the sunrise. But the EarthSky Community came through with some of the best photos yet.
June 2, 2019
Historical hurricane tracks
Map of the US East Coast showing the tracks of hurricane systems from 1900-2015.
May 31, 2019
Mars 2020 landing site
Jezero crater on Mars, where the NASA Mars 2020 rover will be exploring.
May 30, 2019
Clocks, gravity and the limits of relativity
A hundred years ago today, Einstein’s theory of gravity was first put to the test when Arthur Eddington observed light “bending” around the sun during a solar eclipse. A century later, scientists are still searching for the limits of the theory.
May 29, 2019
Ancient ice sheets found under Mars’ north pole
Researchers estimate that if the massive ice deposits melted, they'd cover the planet in 5 feet (1.5 meters) of water.
May 28, 2019
Watch ISS spacewalk May 29
Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, May 29.
May 28, 2019
Help NASA decide where to land on asteroid
Citizen scientists: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission needs your help choosing its sample collection site on asteroid Bennu ... and your extra eyes to look for whatever else might be interesting.
May 27, 2019
