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Kelly Kizer Whitt
Celebrate Arctic Sea Ice Day with belugas, bears and more
Arctic Sea Ice Day is today, July 15, 2025. And you can participate! Snap pics from a Beluga Boat with attached live cams and classify the whale bits you see.
July 15, 2025
Did something just hit Saturn? See the image here!
Did something hit Saturn, resulting in a bright flash on July 5, 2025? Possibly! We await confirmation from other observers. Find out more here.
July 7, 2025
Supercell thunderstorm churns over the Plains
Supercell thunderstorms look like giant motherships and can bring severe weather such as tornadoes and hail. See a diagram of a supercell here.
July 4, 2025
Earth
The Tunguska explosion rocked Siberia 117 years ago
The Tunguska explosion on June 30, 1908, is the largest asteroid impact in recorded history. It flattened 830 square miles of Siberian forest.
June 29, 2025
Rho Ophiuchi is filled with glorious color
One of the most colorful regions of the sky, Rho Ophiuchi showcases clusters and nebulae galore. This region is a great target for August nights.
June 28, 2025
Lyra the Harp contains Vega, a summer gem
Lyra the Harp is a constellation that hosts the second brightest star in the northern sky, Vega. Look for it on summer nights.
June 27, 2025
Could desert lichen survive on other worlds?
Researchers have found a desert lichen that can survive extreme solar radiation. The discovery could have implications for life on other worlds.
June 26, 2025
Dark galaxy spotted with the help of globular clusters
Researchers discovered what they believe is a dark galaxy - made almost entirely of dark matter - thanks to the visible light of globular clusters around it.
June 25, 2025
See the first Rubin Observatory images here!
On Monday, June 23, 2025, we got a peek at the 1st images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, and they're stunning! See them here.
June 23, 2025
Sculptor galaxy pops in most detailed 1,000-color image
This new composite image of the Sculptor galaxy in 1,000 colors provides the most-detailed view yet of stars, dust and gas in a distant spiral galaxy.
June 19, 2025
