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Kelly Kizer Whitt

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

Great Red Spot winds accelerating on Jupiter

Data from the Hubble Space Telescope shows that the Great Red Spot winds have been increasing on Jupiter over the past decade.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

September 30, 2021

Solar superflares hit Earth multiple times

Scientists found evidence for solar superflares thousands of years ago from evidence in tree rings. Could a solar superflare happen again in the future?

Kelly Kizer Whitt

September 29, 2021

Satellites versus stars: Which will dominate the sky?

In the battle of satellites versus stars, the motion of constellations of satellites will draw the eye and drown out the quiet background stars.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

September 28, 2021

Sounds of space: Jingle, pluck and hum

Hear the sounds of space. The videos in this post are what happens when scientists turn astronomical data into sound, via a process called sonification.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

September 26, 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.