List of SpaceX Starlink launches for April 2024

Here's a list of all the SpaceX Starlink launches for April 2024 from both the West and East Coasts. Plus, learn more about Starlink.

Meet the constellation Leo Minor the Little Lion

Leo Minor the Little Lion is a dim constellation that sits upon the back of the larger Leo the Lion. Read about how to see it in April and May skies.

Vultures are the best clean-up crew: Lifeform of the week

One might think of vultures as animals that make you cringe, but, really, they win the gold medal for cleaning the environment and protecting us from disease.

Oldest evidence of Earth’s magnetic field in Greenland rocks

The oldest signatures of Earth’s magnetic field, from 3.7 billion years ago, were found in rocks from Greenland's Isua Supracrustal Belt region.

Rare dinosaur tracks are longest continuous set of sauropod footprints

Dinosaur tracks from 150 million years ago remain preserved at high altitudes outside Ouray, Colorado. Now they're on public lands, and you can visit!

Giant magnetar eruption is 1st seen in another galaxy

The European INTEGRAL satellite detected a giant magnetar eruption of gamma rays. This rare, powerful event is the first witnessed in another galaxy.

Tornadoes ravage central US, more expected today

Severe storms with tornadoes caused destruction in the central US on Friday. More severe storms are forecast for the middle of the country for Saturday.

Was asteroid Kamo’oalewa blasted from this moon crater?

A group of astronomers say their data point to a lunar origin for the near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa, and that crater Giordano Bruno is the likely source.

Brown dwarf auroras might cause methane emission

For the 1st time, astronomers have found glowing methane on a brown dwarf. The researchers say that auroras in the brown dwarf's atmosphere may cause it.

Asteroid hunt by Hubble telescope using AI

Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to go on an asteroid hunt. They found over 1,000 previously unknown small asteroids in the asteroid belt.