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US wants a standard moon time, for new Space Race
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on Tuesday directed NASA to create a unified standard moon time by the end of 2026.
April 3, 2024
Eclipse day comet Pons-Brooks! Favorite photos here
Have you seen Comet Pons-Brooks yet? If not, here are some beautiful images from our talented community of photographers. Enjoy them!
April 3, 2024
April 8 solar eclipse maps are wrong along the edges
Your April 8 solar eclipse maps are wrong! The new map shows a narrower path of totality (in some places) than previously calculated.
April 2, 2024
Can we use science to make ourselves happier?
Is it possible to use science to learn how to be happy? If so, what does it take? Just like physical fitness, it turns out the answer is keeping healthy habits.
April 2, 2024
Black hole is ‘underachiever,” despite jets and high radiation
A black hole in a quasar 3.4 billion light-years away is powerful but underachieving, according to astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
April 1, 2024
Deep-sky photos for March 2024: Editor’s picks
Enjoy this gallery of deep-sky photos for March 2024 from our EarthSky community. And if you have a great photo to share, send it in. We love to see them!
April 1, 2024
Sun activity archive for April 2024
Sun activity archive for April 2024. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.
April 1, 2024
The April 8 total solar eclipse could scramble bird behavior
Researchers will be studying the reaction of birds - which are in the midst of spring migration - during the total solar eclipse of April 8.
March 31, 2024
Older brown dwarfs are more likely to be lonely
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found older and less massive brown dwarfs tend to be alone with no companions, unlike younger and larger brown dwarfs.
March 31, 2024
Why is this sun spacecraft image blinking?
Sometimes, we see a sun spacecraft image that seems to blink. This happens when the spacecraft sends back a data stream where some of the data are corrupted.
March 29, 2024
