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Meet Musca the Fly, a southern constellation
Musca the Fly is a constellation that lies deep in southern skies and circles the south celestial pole, making it visible any night of the year.
May 20, 2022
Voyager 1 mystery: Sending random data
Voyager 1, the most distant humanmade object from Earth, has been sending back strange data, a mystery scientists are trying to solve.
May 19, 2022
The deep ocean is warming as climate warms
The oceans have absorbed about 90% of Earth's warming. Researchers found much of the excess heat is stored in the deep ocean of the subtropical North Atlantic.
May 19, 2022
Tonga volcano blasted winds to the edge of space
Just after the Tonga volcano erupted, hurricane winds and wild electric currents formed high above Earth, at the edge of space.
May 18, 2022
InSight mission’s fate sealed by Martian dust
NASA announced on Tuesday that it is winding down the InSight lander mission on Mars, due to increasing dust on its solar panels.
May 18, 2022
New 5.0 marsquake is biggest yet detected
NASA's InSight lander has just detected the biggest marsquake so far in its mission. Insight felt "the big one," a record magnitude 5.0, on May 4, 2022.
May 17, 2022
1st UFO hearing in Congress in 50 years
Congress held first UFO hearing in over 50 years on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. It was the first such hearing since Project Blue Book. Read more here.
May 17, 2022
Lunar eclipse photos, via EarthSky’s community
The May 15-16, 2022, total eclipse of the moon is over. Now, check out these beautiful lunar eclipse photos from EarthSky's community members!
May 16, 2022
‘Doorway’ on Mars has social media abuzz
Mars Curiosity rover took an image of what some people think looks like a "doorway." But it's just a natural feature on Mars' surface.
May 16, 2022
Total lunar eclipse – a supermoon eclipse – on May 15-16, 2022
A 90-minute total lunar eclipse on Sunday, May 15-16, 2022. It's seen across much of Earth, best from the Americas and western Africa.
May 15, 2022
