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Kelly Kizer Whitt

Atmospheric river puts California at risk for floods

An atmospheric river is poised to hit California, bringing rain, wind and heavy snowfall. The National Weather Service warns people to make preparations.

See a zoo of animals in the Rosette nebula

A closer look at the Rosette nebula reveals a whole zoo of animals, including an elephant, llama, woodpecker, donkey and more. Can you see them?

New emperor penguin colonies discovered by satellite

Scientists using satellite images found brown poop stains that led to a surprise discovery of four emperor penguin colonies. But all is not well in Antarctica.

The universe may be younger than we thought

A new study analyzed the motions of satellite galaxy pairs around a large galaxy group and showed the universe may be younger than the standard model predicts.

Would-be Peregrine lunar lander has come home

Peregrine was meant to be the 1st commercial lunar lander. Then controllers noticed a fuel leak. Yesterday, the spacecraft came home, making a fiery Earth reentry.

Astronomers find a galaxy without stars by accident

Astronomers pointed a radio telescope at the wrong coordinates in space and ended up discovering a primordial galaxy without stars.

Lepus the Hare hops through the January sky

Lepus the Hare is a constellation that lies below Orion. You can best spot it on January evenings. It's home to globular cluster M79.

The moon hid Antares on January 8, 2024. Photos here!

The global community of EarthSky photographers captured the scene as the moon hid Antares on the morning of January 8, 2024. See pics here!

OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample container finally unstuck

After months of effort, NASA has finally removed two stubborn fasteners that prevented access to the asteroid sample from Bennu.

2023 was the hottest year on record, data show

A combination of greenhouse gases, El Niño and other natural variations made 2023 the hottest year on record. Learn more here.

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