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Kelly Kizer Whitt

Comet Nishimura and the Sigma-Hydrid meteors

Comet Nishimura may be the parent comet to the Signma-Hydrid meteor shower, which peaks December 9-12. The comet made a splash in astrophotos!

Kelly Kizer Whitt

Eddie Irizarry

December 9, 2023

Comet Halley to reach farthest point from sun on December 9

Comet Halley reaches its farthest point in orbit from the sun on December 9, 2023. It'll then begin its return trip to the inner solar system, arriving in 2061.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

December 8, 2023

Dark cloud near Milky Way’s center is strangely quiet

There's a dark region near the Milky Way's center known as the Brick. This cold cloud of gas and dust should be forming stars, but, strangely, it's not.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

December 8, 2023

Astronomers spot 1st giant stream of stars between galaxies

Astronomers have found the 1st giant stream of stars outside a galaxy. It lies among the galaxies in the Coma cluster, and it may shed light on dark matter.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

December 6, 2023

Exoplanet art lets you visualize alien worlds

Enjoy the exoplanet art of Martin Vargic. Martin illustrated more than 1,000 exoplanets based on astronomers' discoveries of alien worlds around other stars.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

December 6, 2023

Where is Voyager 2 going? And when will it get there?

Where is Voyager 2 going? It's not aimed for any particular star, but in 40,000 years it will pass within 1.65 light-years of the star Ross 248.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

November 28, 2023

Are some modern earthquakes aftershocks from the 1800s?

Scientists examined modern-day earthquakes in 3 regions of North America and found that some are aftershocks from the 1800s.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

November 20, 2023

Photos of Venus and the moon November 9, 2023

EarthSky's global community shared fabulous photos of Venus and the moon from their close approach and occultation on November 9, 2023.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

November 9, 2023

Lucy spacecraft update: And then there were 3!

The Lucy spacecraft has revealed yet another surprise! The moonlet orbiting the larger Dinkinesh is actually two objects, what scientists call a contact binary.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

November 7, 2023

Bird names poised for a change, say ornithologists

The American Ornithological Society announced that it will be changing the bird names for some 70 to 80 bird species. Here's why they're doing it.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

November 2, 2023

Kelly Kizer Whitt

Kelly Kizer Whitt - EarthSky’s nature and travel vlogger on YouTube - writes and edits some of the most fascinating stories at EarthSky.org. She's been writing about science, with a focus on astronomy, for decades. She began her career at Astronomy Magazine and made regular contributions to other outlets, including AstronomyToday and the Sierra Club. She has nine published books, including a children's picture book, Solar System Forecast, and a young adult dystopian novel, A Different Sky.