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Kelly Kizer Whitt
Fish can do math, researchers say
Researchers have shown that fish can do math. They taught them to add or subtract one unit for groups of colored shapes up to five.
April 6, 2022
Methane as a 1st sign of distant alien life
A team of scientists say that the Webb telescope could find methane around exoplanets in our galaxy, which could be an indicator of life.
April 5, 2022
Mars and Saturn conjunction, April 4 and 5 mornings
Mars and Saturn come together in a conjunction on April 4 and 5, separated only by the width of a full moon on the sky's dome.
April 3, 2022
Crescent moon by star clusters, April 4 and 5 evenings
You can spot the crescent moon in Taurus between the Pleiades star cluster and the Hyades star cluster, home to the red star Aldebaran.
April 3, 2022
Mars surface layers and ‘brain terrain’
ESA shared some new images of the Mars surface from its Mars Express spacecraft. They show craters, brain terrain, layered deposits and more.
April 2, 2022
March’s deep sky for 2022: Peering into the dark
Get to know March's deep sky with these amazing photos taken by members of the EarthSky community. Did you take a great photo? Share it with us!
March 30, 2022
Volans the Flying Fish in southern skies
Volans the Flying Fish is a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere that appropriately lies next to Carina the Stern. Spot the Flying Fish on March nights.
March 29, 2022
Conjunction time! See planets and moon March 28
See the morning planets - Venus, Mars and Saturn - in conjunction, plus the moon joins the view on March 27 and 28. If you get a great photo, send it to us!
March 27, 2022
Solar Orbiter passes historically close to sun on Saturday
Solar Orbiter will make a historically close pass of the sun on March 26, 2022. All 10 of its instruments will be operating to acquire close-up data.
March 26, 2022
Whoa! Another asteroid whizzes past Earth hours after discovery
Krisztián Sárneczky, the same astronomer who discovered 2022 EB5, discovered another asteroid just hours before it flew so close to Earth that it dipped into our shadow.
March 25, 2022
