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Total solar eclipse of December 4, 2021
A total solar eclipse occurs December 4, 2021. The total phase sweeps over Antarctica, while the partial phase reaches southernmost points of three continents.
December 2, 2021
Intense storms from global warming, and a mission to study them
Have you noticed that, as climate warms, we're having more intense storms? NASA's upcoming INCUS mission will investigate.
December 2, 2021
Hurricanes expected to linger over cities in US Northeast
More hurricanes - like Sandy in 2021 - could be in the East Coast's future, potentially costing billions of dollars in damage and economic losses.
December 2, 2021
Waning moon meets Zubenelgenubi morning of December 2
The waning moon meets Zubenelgenubi, a bright star in the contellation Libra the Scales, on the morning of December 2, 2021. A pretty scene before sunup!
November 30, 2021
Nearby habitable planets at Alpha Centauri?
A new custom-designed space telescope mission called TOLIMAN will search for nearby habitable planets in the closest star system to Earth, Alpha Centauri.
November 30, 2021
Hubble’s Grand Tour of the giant planets
NASA has released stunning new images of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune from the Hubble Space Telescope. These annual observations are called Hubble's Grand Tour of the outer solar system.
November 29, 2021
Big-nosed dinosaur species discovered
Scientists have identified a new big-nosed dinosaur species among a collection of bones discovered on the Isle of Wight in southern England. This dinosaur had a much larger snout than either of the other two known species at the time.
November 28, 2021
DART mission will hit and move an asteroid
The DART mission is due to launch November 23-24, 2021. It'll head to the moonlet of asteroid Didymos, where it'll crash into and slightly push the moonlet.
November 24, 2021
Tiny-alien invasion risk: More space biosecurity measures needed?
Scientists urge the space industry to prepare for a tiny-alien invasion. They urge biosecurity measures to protect Earth and other planets from cross contamination of microbes.
November 24, 2021
Ceres at opposition November 27
Ceres at opposition on November 27. The dwarf planet has been passing in front of the constellation Taurus the Bull all month, including near Aldebaran.
November 24, 2021
