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Jupiter rising, Venus setting
Venus and Jupiter are the sky's 2 brightest planets, and they hang on either side of your sky now - Jupiter in the east and Venus in the west - shortly after the sun goes down.
May 11, 2018
This weekend … Moon and Mercury
Best morning apparition of Mercury for 2018 in the Southern Hemisphere ... worst in the Northern Hemisphere. For the whole Earth, the moon will sweep past Mercury before sunrise.
May 11, 2018
North Pole gets a heat wave
Unseasonably, in recent days, the temperature at the North Pole has soared to the melting point of ice. That's about 30-35 degrees F (17-19 C) above normal.
May 10, 2018
Springtime at Ladd Observatory
Ladd Observatory is located at Brown University in Providence in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
May 10, 2018
Will Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano explode?
Volcano scientists issued a second Orange Alert on Wednesday. "At this time, we cannot say with certainty that explosive activity will occur, how large the explosions could be, or how long such explosive activity could continue."
May 9, 2018
Here’s why volcanoes are so dangerous
When mountains explode … lava flows and fountains … getting ready for the next eruption.
May 9, 2018
Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano
Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes. Here are images and video from its ongoing eruption in Hawaii.
May 9, 2018
Snowball Earth due to plate tectonics?
New research suggests that as great land plates began to shift and move on Earth's surface, our world became what geologists call a Snowball Earth.
May 9, 2018
Astronomers report success with machine deep learning
Deep learning is a form of artificial intelligence. In 2 unrelated studies, astronomers report "surprising" success using it to perform research that's hard or impossible otherwise.
May 8, 2018
It’s nesting season for sea turtles
Adult female sea turtles - on beaches from North Carolina to Texas and throughout the Caribbean - are crawling out of the ocean and laying their eggs. Here's an update from a biologist who's been studying these turtles for 36 years.
May 7, 2018
