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Will Triggs
Dinosaur highway found in UK. Hundreds of footprints!
Researchers in the UK have unearthed hundreds of dinosaur footprints from 166 million years ago, revealing an enormous 'dinosaur highway.'
January 10, 2025
Spaceflight
Proba-3: A sun-observing telescope made from 2 satellites
ESA is launching an ambitious spacecraft to study the sun's atmosphere. Proba-3 comprises 2 satellites that will align to form an artificial solar eclipse.
December 3, 2024
Europa Clipper en route and all systems go
Europa Clipper is on its way to explore Europa, the icy ocean moon of Jupiter. Deployment and testing of its instruments is underway and going smoothly.
November 26, 2024
Space
New! Measure black holes with light echoes
Astronomers say they've developed a new method to detect light that echoes around black holes. It could help them measure black holes' size and rotation.
November 12, 2024
LIVE MONDAY: A Fermi Paradox solution with Alan Stern
Join us at 12:15 CST (18:15 UTC) on Monday, November 11, when former NASA chief Alan Stern will be discussing the Fermi Paradox. Where are all the aliens?
November 10, 2024
Space
Could we find dark matter in clouds around neutron stars?
Researchers say that we might be able to detect dark matter clouding around neutron stars in the form of axions, a hypothetical subatomic particle.
November 5, 2024
Has October’s 2nd comet – the sungrazer Comet S1 – disintegrated?
The new sungrazer comet gave us high hopes of a bright comet at the end of October. But it appears it has disintegrated during its close approach to the sun.
October 28, 2024
Explorers find ocean animals thriving beneath the seafloor
Scientists have discovered ocean animals beneath the bottom of the ocean, where worms and snails thrive in cavities beneath hydrothermal vents.
October 27, 2024
Space
After 29 years, first-known brown dwarf revealed as twins
Gliese 229 B - the first-known brown dwarf - is really a binary system of two brown dwarfs entwined in an incredibly close orbit. See their orbit here!
October 22, 2024
Earth
Auroras everywhere! Best pics from October 10 display
People around the globe saw an incredible outbreak of auroras from October 10 to 11, 2024. Check out some of our favorite images from the EarthSky community.
October 11, 2024
