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Kelly Kizer Whitt

Watch 1.8 billion years of plate tectonics on Earth. Amazing!

Watch an amazing new animation showing the creation and destruction of supercontinents over 1.8 billion years of Earth's plate tectonics history.

Watch as Mars’ moons trade places in the sky

Watch a video from Mars Express orbiter showing Mars' moons - Phobos and Deimos - crossing in the sky. ESA released these images on March 1, 2025.

See Earth and the Milky Way in this stunning shot

Astronaut Don Pettit has captured stunning views of Earth and the Milky Way from the International Space Station. Check them here.

Wooly devil is new plant species discovered at Big Bend

Staffers at Big Bend National Park have discovered a new plant species. The fuzzy white flowering plant is named wooly devil.

Get an exclusive peek inside NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building

EarthSky's Greg Diesel Walck brings us an exclusive peek inside NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on February 25, 2025, to see Artemis 2.

Wow! Thousands of new black holes just found

Scientists have discovered thousands of new black holes, more than tripling the number we knew before. How'd they do it?

Undersea telescope snags highest-energy neutrino yet observed

A telescope at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea has captured the highest-energy neutrino known yet. It proves such energies are possible!

Largest radio jet seen yet in the early universe

Scientists have seen the largest radio jet yet in the early universe. It's twice the size of the Milky Way and existed when the universe was 9% its current age.

Meet Quipu, largest known structure in the universe

Quipu is the largest known structure in the universe. Find out more about its size, its influence on our universe and the fate that awaits it.

Santorini earthquake swarm rattles island: Experts explain

The Santorini earthquake swarm has tourists rattled and thousands evacuating the island. Scientists from GFZ explain what's going on.

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