Pollen season longer now associated with a warming climate

A new scientific study documents how the ragweed pollen season has increased by as much as 13 to 27 days in northern latitudes since 1995.

Hubble celebrates 21st anniversary with image of rose galaxies

A newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy twisted into bejeweled rose by companion galaxy.

Sven Lindblad: Global community needs Arctic environment to thrive

Sven Lindblad has forged a legacy of respectful tourism. In 2011, he was part of the Aspen Institute Commission on Arctic Climate Change.

Mandy Joye on the Gulf oil spill, one year later

EarthSky spoke to Mandy Joye, a marine expert at the University of Georgia, about the spill’s continuing effects on local waters.

Two disturbed spiral galaxies

An astronomy enthusiast's search through the archives of the European Southern Observatory revealed an astonishing image of two spiral galaxies in a tug of war.

Outwitting deadbeat cuckoo finches as parents

Some bird species in Zambia have evolved novel strategies to evict eggs left by parasitic cuckoo finches.

Venus is the bright object up at dawn in May 2011

The amazingly bright object up before the sun in May 2011 is the planet Venus. Look east at early dawn before the sun comes up!

Fireball Network deployed by NASA

NASA cameras are tracking the paths of fiery meteors with a fireball network and using that data to compute the objects' original orbits in space.

A satellite transmitter chronicles a whimbrel’s migrations

A whimbrel's journey is tracked by a satellite transmitter so scientists can track her yearly journeys from the Virgin Islands to northwestern Canada and back.

Horses know you, study suggests

A study suggests that horses who know their trainers have a good concept of person. However, a trainer working with a new horse can expect less success.