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Why the Amazon is burning: 4 reasons
Nearly 40,000 fires are burning in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, the latest outbreak in an overactive fire season. Don’t blame dry weather, say environmentalists. These Amazonian wildfires are a human-made disaster.
August 27, 2019
Russian Soyuz docks with ISS on 2nd attempt
After the Soyuz MS-14's first automated approach to the ISS was aborted due to a malfunction, the spacecraft has now docked safely at the station's Zvezda module. It carries supplies for the crew and a humanoid robot.
August 27, 2019
Cranes heading south from Sweden
A sign that summer is ending ... Jörgen Andersson in Sweden captured cranes migrating southward on August 21.
August 27, 2019
India’s Chandrayaan-2 is 2 weeks away from its moon landing
The spacecraft is slowing down for its final orbit, with its next maneuver scheduled for August 28. It's due to land September 7. Details about the mission, plus Chandrayaan-2's first image of the moon, here.
August 25, 2019
The sun is between us and Mars now
So we can't see Mars in our night sky. But, more importantly for NASA, beginning this week, space engineers won't be able to risk sending commands to our fleet of spacecraft at Mars. What happens instead? Watch this video.
August 24, 2019
Moon and Winter Circle at dawn August 25
Wait, what? Winter Circle? Yes, even though it's still summer in the Northern Hemisphere. The early morning summer sky shows you what you'll see come winter.
August 24, 2019
Wow! What if 1 in 4 sunlike stars has an Earth?
According to a new study by astronomers based on data from the Kepler Space Telescope, 1 in 4 sunlike stars should have a planet that's approximately Earth-sized, orbiting in the star's habitable zone.
August 23, 2019
Where does Mars’ methane come from? Not wind
On Earth, methane gas is often associated with microbial life. Scientists find methane in Mars' atmosphere, too. Could it be life-related? We still don't know, but a new study shows wind erosion is likely not the cause.
August 20, 2019
Moon sweeps past planet Uranus
Before dawn on August 21 and 22, 2019, let the moon guide you to the constellation Aries the Ram. When the moon moves away, try star-hopping to Uranus using guide stars within this constellation. Good luck!
August 20, 2019
