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Kelly Kizer Whitt

Virtual reality universe unveiled

Researchers have amassed terabytes of data from a slew of telescopes to create the Virtual Reality Universe Project, a map of our cosmos.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

October 17, 2021

Venus never had oceans, study says

Scientists have run computer simulations that suggest Venus never had oceans because the conditions were never cool enough to allow for rain.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

October 15, 2021

19 hidden planets revealed by their auroras

Scientists have discovered 19 possible hidden planets, detected through radio waves they believe are from red dwarf stars interacting with exoplanets.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

October 13, 2021

Pluto’s atmosphere is disappearing

Pluto's atmosphere is disappearing. The dwarf planet's atmosphere is freezing as it moves farther from the sun in its orbit and falling to the surface.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

Deborah Byrd

October 9, 2021

Comet or asteroid? This object is both

Comet or asteroid? Both! Some objects blur the lines, including (248370) 2005 QN173, which is active with a long tail but resides in the asteroid belt.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

October 8, 2021

Wave clouds from 2 sides of Earth

EarthSky readers on opposite sides of Earth took these two photos of wave clouds on the same day. Wave clouds also go by the name of Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

October 8, 2021

1st ocean drone video from inside a hurricane

An ocean drone entered a powerful hurricane churning in the Atlantic Ocean on September 30, 2021, sending back the first video from a drone inside a hurricane.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

October 5, 2021

Lacerta the Lizard, home to a blazar

Lacerta the Lizard is a small, dim constellation in the fall sky that contains a blazar, or an active galactic nucleus with a jet pointed toward Earth.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

October 3, 2021

Circumtriple planet suspected: a planet orbiting 3 stars

Scientists believe a planet (or more) orbits the triple star system GW Orionis. This would be the first circumtriple planet discovered.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

October 1, 2021

Daylight fireball tracked to Earth

Scientists tracked a daylight fireball to Earth using images from video of the event that occurred over countries near the Adriatic Sea.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

September 30, 2021

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.