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Kelly Kizer Whitt
A (hypothetical) planet to end life on Earth
Could a super-Earth end life on Earth? Computer simulations suggest that such a world - orbiting between Mars and Jupiter - would be bad news for Earth.
March 9, 2023
Satellites are photobombing Hubble
A new study shows satellites are photobombing Hubble more and more often, ruining observations and negatively impacting science.
March 5, 2023
Mexican wolf numbers soar past 200
Good news for the Mexican wolf population in the American Southwest. The latest count puts them at more than 200, a 23% increase over last year.
March 5, 2023
Crew-6 launches from Florida, bound for ISS
The Crew-6 launch to the International Space Station lifted off successfully on March 2, 2023. The crew of four will arrive at the ISS later today. Watch here.
March 2, 2023
Newly confirmed meteor crater at site of French winery
Domaine du Météore is a winery in southern France named for a depression in the landscape. Now scientists have confirmed the depression is a meteor crater.
February 28, 2023
2 killer whales slaughter 17 sharks in 1 day
Killer whales Port and Starboard killed 17 broadnose sevengill sharks in one day off South Africa, eating just their livers and letting the bodies wash ashore.
February 26, 2023
Great Lakes are low on ice cover this winter
Ice cover is particularly low on the Great Lakes so far this winter. As of mid-February, only 6.6% of the lakes were covered in ice. Learn why.
February 19, 2023
Pandora’s Cluster is Webb’s newest deep field image
Webb's newest shows the deep-field image of Pandora's Cluster, along with thousands of more distant galaxies revealed through gravitational lensing.
February 18, 2023
Small asteroid dropped meteorites on France
A small asteroid safely crashed into Earth's atmosphere over France on February 13, 2023. It left meteorites on the ground that people have started to find.
February 15, 2023
Moon near the Teapot on February 16 and 17
Find the crescent moon near the Teapot of Sagittarius on the mornings of February 16 and 17, 2023. The teapot is in the direction of the Milky Way's center.
February 15, 2023
