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Category: Human World
Asteroid Day, June 30, live from Luxembourg
Participants will once again celebrate Asteroid Day 2022 live, and you can participate too via livestream. Find more info here.
Editors of EarthSky
June 30, 2022
Yellowstone partially reopened this week after June 13 closure
Historic Yellowstone flooding temporarily closed the park. The park reopened on a limited basis on June 22. Learn why the flood happened here.
Kelly Kizer Whitt
June 24, 2022
Lightning storm largest in California in 5 years
A 2-day lightning storm pummeled California this week with more than 66,000 lightning events, bringing little rain but sparking wildfires.
Kelly Kizer Whitt
June 24, 2022
Summer solstice, cycles of nature and Chinese philosophy
In Chinese thought, the summer solstice is associated with the color red, the sound of laughing, the fire element and a red phoenix.
Deborah Byrd
June 21, 2022
Kejimkujik: Asteroid named for Mi’kmaw ancestral site
The IAU has given the name Kejimkujik to minor planet (asteroid) 497593. It's named for a sacred site of the indigenous Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia.
Editors of EarthSky
June 21, 2022
Jetson hoverbike flies CEO to work, in world’s 1st eVTOL commute
Jetson Aero's CEO flew a hoverbike from home to work in the world's first eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) commute.
Dave Adalian
June 18, 2022
Wildfire reaches Kitt Peak. Telescopes safe
A wildfire reached Kitt Peak on July 17, 2022. All of the 20+ telescopes at the site are now reported safe, although outbuildings burned.
Kelly Kizer Whitt
June 18, 2022
June birthstone: pearl, moonstone, or alexandrite
For June babies, pick any of these for your June birthstone: the gleaming pearl or moonstone, or the colorful, exotic alexandrite.
Editors of EarthSky
June 18, 2022
Definitely not aliens, says scientist working on project
Not aliens, said SETI researcher Dan Werthimer of the "suspicious signals" reportedly found by China's FAST telescope.
Deborah Byrd
June 16, 2022
Valentina Tereshkova: 1st woman in space
On June 16, 1963, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova launched solo aboard a Soviet Vostok 6 rocket, becoming the first-ever woman in space.
Editors of EarthSky
June 16, 2022
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