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Kelly Kizer Whitt

Webb launch photos from the EarthSky community

EarthSky community members captured fabulous images of the James Webb Space Telescope as it rocketed into space on its journey to L2.

‘We love it.’ Webb in arts and crafts

People kept busy while anticipating the James Webb Space Telescope launch by creating a huge array of inspiring arts and crafts.

Possible fossil spiral arms in our Milky Way

A team of scientists using Gaia data have examined filamentary threads in the disk of the Milky Way and think they might be fossil spiral arms.

Top 10 stories of 2021 from EarthSky

The top 10 stories of 2021 is a review of what we've learned in the past year from our home planet, Earth, out to the vast universe.

EarthSky’s top photos from 2021

Enjoy EarthSky's top photos from 2021. All these photos were taken by members of the EarthSky community from all around the globe.

A nameless grasshopper, found via social media

Old photos on social media helped citizen scientists discover a new species of nameless grasshopper. Its nickname is "the nameless Scaria."

Atmospheric lakes bring much-needed rain

Atmospheric lakes form in the Indian Ocean and bring much-needed rain to dry areas of Africa's eastern coast. They are peaceful cousins to atmospheric rivers.

Barreleye fish shows a transparent head

On December 9, 2021, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute shared this rare video of a barreleye fish, or Macropinna microstoma.

Dark matter missing from 6 galaxies

Astronomers completed a 40-hour long observation of an ultra-diffuse dwarf galaxy and discovered no traces of dark matter.

Asteroid impact monitoring system goes live

The asteroid impact monitoring system Sentry-II is analyzing near-Earth asteroids to look for ones that could intersect with Earth's orbit.