Study suggests 2014 ocean surface temps warmest on record

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2014 is still on track to be the warmest year on record, and ocean surface temperatures appear to be rising as well.

Eleanor Imster

Deborah Byrd

November 17, 2014

Rosetta spots Philae’s bounce across the comet

Never-before-seen images of a bouncy comet landing! Shows Philae lander attempting to touch down in the weak gravity field of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Deborah Byrd

November 17, 2014

More lightning strikes in a warming world?

Rising temperatures could lead to a 50 percent increase in U.S. lightning strikes by the end of the century, says a new study.

Editors of EarthSky

November 17, 2014

Here’s how often small asteroids enter Earth’s atmosphere!

Data indicate that small asteroids struck Earth's atmosphere - resulting in a bolide (a fireball, or bright meteor) - on 556 separate occasions in a 20-year period.

Deborah Byrd

November 17, 2014

Looking for meteors? Try to get away from city lights

City lights drown all but the brightest stars, planets, and fireballs. But there's still some dark out there, as this satellite view of the U.S at night shows.

Editors of EarthSky

November 17, 2014

New clues to possible Venus auroras

For 40 years, astronomers have puzzled over signs of a green aurora on Venus, despite the planet's lack of a magnetic field.

Deborah Byrd

November 15, 2014

Philae lander completes its main mission, then falls silent

The first-ever comet lander - Philae - made history this week by spending some 57 hours gathering data on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

Deborah Byrd

November 15, 2014