LIVE on Monday: Climate chaos with Daniel Swain

Climatologist Daniel Swain will discuss climate change and extreme weather LIVE with EarthSky at 12:15 p.m. (17:15 UTC) on Monday, July 29. Join us!

Summer Olympics: 128 years of history in 5 charts

Paris hosts the Summer Olympics from July 26 to August 11, 2024. See a history of the sports and athletes in five charts here.

Canada’s Jasper fire: A beautiful place burns, a call for fire strategy

The Jasper fire devastated the Alberta town and ripped through part of the national park. It prompted calls for a strong national wildfire strategy.

Lifeform of the week: Scorpions

Scorpions are arachnids that have strong pincers and venomous stingers. All species are venomous, but their venom can also save lives.

SpaceX Starlink launches for July resume after mishap

On July 27, Falcon 9 returned to flight with a successful Starlink launch from Florida after the FAA had grounded it because of a failed launch on July 11.

Martian rock crushed by Curiosity hides a surprise!

The rover Curiosity found sulfur crystals in a Martian rock for the first time. Researchers say they shouldn't be there and are seeking an explanation.

Will this ‘hairpin turn’ exoplanet become a hot Jupiter?

Astronomers have found a 'hairpin turn' exoplanet with an extremely elongated orbit. It also orbits its star backward and may eventually become a hot Jupiter.

Scorching storms on brown dwarfs revealed by Webb

NASA's Webb Space Telescope has created a new weather map of extreme storms on a binary pair of brown dwarfs only 6 light-years away.

New hottest day, in a record-breaking 12 months

The new record for hottest day in recent history came on July 21, 2024, when the average global surface air temperature hit 62.76 degrees Fahrenheit (17.09 C).

Eternal sunrises, sunsets viewed on distant exoplanet

The Webb Space Telescope probed eternal sunrises and sunsets on exoplanet WASP-39b. It found differences in the atmospheres.