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Largest planet yet orbiting 2 suns
Imagine seeing 2 suns in your sky. Like the fictional planet Tatooine in Star Wars, some planets do orbit 2 stars. Kepler-164 is the largest yet discovered.
June 24, 2016
One robot spacecraft spies another
See the Mars rover Curiosity, nestled on Mars' surface? The sharp-eyed HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught the view from space.
June 24, 2016
Liquid water ocean under Pluto ice?
“That you could have vast liquid water ocean habitats so far from the sun on Pluto - and on other Kuiper belt objects as well - is absolutely incredible.”
June 23, 2016
Midnight solstice sun and moon
Two photos from northern Sweden on solstice night, a night of a midnight sun in that part of the world ... and also, in 2016, a midnight moon.
June 23, 2016
Edge of Tibetan Plateau from space
Great land plates shifted and came together - 55 million years ago - to create the Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest plateau in the world today.
June 22, 2016
Warming temps to raise Zika virus risk
Global warming will cause more people to be exposed to the mosquito that carries Zika virus, says a new study. Why this mosquito is such a good virus-spreader.
June 22, 2016
Anti-crepuscular rays at solstice
Lots of people caught the sun setting in the west on the evening of this week's solstice. Fiona M. Donnelly in eastern Ontario happened to turn and look east.
June 22, 2016
Astronomers find a baby planet
Planet K2-33b resides in a solar system in the process of being born. In human terms, if Earth were 45 years old, this planet would be just a few weeks old.
June 21, 2016
Rare footage of Bryde’s whales feeding
Captured via drone off the coast of Auckland. There are thought to be fewer than 200 of these creatures left in New Zealand waters.
June 21, 2016
See it! Solstice full moon photos
On June 20, 2016, the moon turns full at 11:02 UTC. The solstice arrives some 11.5 hours later, at 22:34 UTC. Solstice moon photos here from the EarthSky community.
June 21, 2016
