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The mysterious yellow skies of WASP-79b
Scientists studying the huge, hot exoplanet WASP-79b have found that, surprisingly, the planet has yellow skies instead of blue. But why it does is still a mystery.
May 7, 2020
Happy Buddha Purnima on May 7
Buddha Purnima - Buddha's birthday - is celebrated on a full moon day in the month of Vaisakh (April/May) according to the Hindu calendar.
May 7, 2020
What are zoonotic diseases and what can we do about them?
Infectious diseases that leap from animals to humans are called zoonotic diseases. Covid-19 is an example of a zoonotic disease caused by a coronavirus.
May 7, 2020
Earth’s biggest iceberg breaks off smaller berg
The colossal iceberg from Antarctica’s Larsen-C Ice Shelf finally fractured in April, generating a new 51-square-nautical-mile iceberg.
May 7, 2020
New closest-known black hole lies in a visible star system
Only 1,000 light-years away, the star system can be seen with the unaided eye.
May 6, 2020
Last full supermoon of 2020
The May 2020 full moon presents the 3rd in a series of 3 full supermoons. It's the 3rd-closest, 3rd-largest and 3rd-brightest full moon of this year.
May 6, 2020
A mystery solved? Fast Radio Burst detected within Milky Way
Fast Radio Bursts are very mysterious bursts of radio waves - perhaps just a thousandth of a second long - coming from all over the sky. This new discovery of one in our own galaxy is a stunner!
May 4, 2020
Red rainbow over Bellingham, Washington
An EarthSky Community member caught an unusual red rainbow arching high into the sky.
May 4, 2020
Milky Way could be catapulting stars into its outer halo
Scientists used computer simulations to learn that our Milky Way galaxy may sometimes launch newly forming stars into the space around itself - that is, into the halo of our galaxy - via outflows triggered by supernova explosions.
May 3, 2020
