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Kelly Kizer Whitt

Canis Major and brilliant Sirius in the New Year

Canis Major the Greater Dog is most famous for being home to the brightest star in the sky, Sirius. You can see it in January following Orion from the horizon.

Black Moon coming on December 30-31

We'll have a Black Moon - the second new moon in a calendar month - overnight from December 30 to 31, 2024. Here's what you'll see that night.

Parker Solar Probe survived its close brush with the sun!

The Parker Solar Probe reported back after "touching the sun" on December 24. It’s in good health and operating normally.

The Boxing Day tsunami 20-year anniversary

The 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean Boxing Day tsunami is December 26, 2024. The event was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history.

See the top 10 stories of 2024 from EarthSky

Here are the top 10 stories of 2024. We had a busy year with asteroids hitting Earth's atmosphere, dinosaur tracks, cicadas and more!

EarthSky’s top photos from 2024: See them here!

See the top photos from 2024 submitted by our EarthSky community. We had an amazing year for skywatchers, from auroras to comets to a total solar eclipse.

Spend Christmas with Comet A3 through the Virtual Telescope

Spend Christmas with Comet A3 in this live feed from the Virtual Telescope Project! Plus see more fantastic images here from community members around the world.

Cyclone Chido devastated the island of Mayotte

Cyclone Chido devastated the French island of Mayotte on December 14, 2024, before hitting Mozambique in Africa. See images here.

Sunlike stars hurl superflares about once per 100 years

Scientists studied thousands of sunlike stars and determined that they hurl superflares - massive solar flares - about once every 100 years.

Are Geminid meteors striking the moon? See videos

Last week, Japanese astronomer Daichi Fujii captured videos of bright flashes on the moon. Could they be Geminid meteors striking the moon? See the videos here.