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Watch SpaceX Crew Dragon splashdown March 8
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship will leave the International Space Station and splash down in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, March 8, 2019. How to watch both events live.
March 7, 2019
Young moon after sunset March 7-10
Springtime is a beautiful time of year to watch for young moons. You might have seen one last night. Friday evening's young moon is even easier to spot, especially if you're in the Northern Hemisphere.
March 7, 2019
Virga and cloud shadows over Africa
Virga is rain that falls but doesn't reach the ground. It helped create this spectacular scene over Mutare, Zimbabwe, on March 5, 2019.
March 6, 2019
Black hole found near Milky Way’s heart
It's not supermassive, but only an intermediate-mass black hole, near the center of the Milky Way. It might be one of over 100 million quiet black holes lurking unseen in our galaxy.
March 6, 2019
Ospreys’ recovery is global conservation success story
Chemical pollution and hunting pushed ospreys - which are large, hawk-like birds - to the edge of extinction. Now they've rebounded and can be spotted worldwide, often nesting on human-made structures.
March 6, 2019
One of the last Iridium flares
Only a few of the original, sometimes-glinting Iridium satellites are still in low Earth orbit. They have 3 reflective panels that occasionally catch the sun and produce a visible flare lasting between 5 and 20 seconds.
March 5, 2019
First photos in 100 years of black panther in Africa
There have been reports of black panthers in Africa for more than a century, but only 1 confirmed with photographic evidence - in a 1909 photo taken in Ethiopia - until now.
March 5, 2019
A mysterious star called Epsilon Aurigae
Epsilon Aurigae's light dims for a period of about 2 years, in a 27-year cycle. The star's last dimming was from 2009 to 2011.
March 5, 2019
Asteroids are harder to destroy than we thought
What if we learned an asteroid was headed toward Earth? How much energy does it take to destroy an asteroid and break it into pieces? More than we thought, it turns out.
March 4, 2019
An ancient white dwarf star with rings
"This white dwarf is so old that whatever process is feeding material into its rings must operate on billion-year timescales," said one of the scientists involved in the discovery.
March 4, 2019
