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July 2 solar eclipse from La Serena, Chile
EarthSky friend Eliot Herman traveled to Chile to capture the July 2, 2019, total solar eclipse in all its glory.
July 3, 2019
Uranus’ rings surprisingly bright in ‘heat’ images
The rings of the 7th planet, Uranus, are thin and dark. But new thermal images from the ALMA and VLT telescopes show them glowing brightly.
July 3, 2019
Astronomers ponder halos around galaxies
Galaxies are massive and beautiful islands of stars. But did you know that most galaxies are surrounded by halos? A complex instrument on the Very Large Telescope is giving astronomers new views of these galactic rings of light.
July 3, 2019
Zombie ants revisited
You'll meet the parasitic fungi that take control of living insects in this story by Gino Brignoli, a London-based researcher in tropical ecology.
July 3, 2019
Watch for a young moon after sunset
Try catching the young moon after sunset on July 3 or 4, 2019. The watch for the waxing crescent moon to pair up with Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo the lion, on or near July 5.
July 3, 2019
Astronomers pinpoint source of fast radio burst
"This is the big breakthrough that the field has been waiting for since astronomers discovered fast radio bursts in 2007," one team member said.
July 2, 2019
Teegarden’s Star has Earth-sized planets in habitable zone
The Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting Teegarden's Star are 2 of the closest yet found, and at least 1 of them may be potentially habitable.
July 2, 2019
6 things to know about carbon dioxide
Scientists say increased carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earth's atmosphere is causing global temperatures to warm - sea levels to rise - and storms, droughts, floods and fires to become more severe. Here are 6 things about CO2 you might not know.
July 2, 2019
South American solar eclipse on July 2
A total eclipse of the sun is coming to the South American countries of Chile and Argentina in the late afternoon hours on July 2, 2019.
June 30, 2019
NASA has a plan to knock an asteroid off course
DART stands for Double Asteroid Redirection Test. The DART mission is planned for launch in 2021. It'll visit a double asteroid - Didymos and its tiny moon - and crash into the moon in an attempt to change its orbit.
June 30, 2019
