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Is ‘Planet 9’ a second Kuiper Belt?

Is there a 9th planet - a super-Earth - as yet undiscovered in our solar system? Researchers present an alternative view, not a planet, but many small objects.

EarthSky Voices

February 19, 2016

Plastics in ocean harm oysters

Ground-breaking data on a negative effect on oysters from microplastics, which enter our oceans via cosmetics, clothing, and industrial processes.

Benjamin D. Duval

February 18, 2016

Giant flightless bird roamed Arctic 50 million years ago

A bird bigger than Big Bird wandered through the winter twilight of the high Arctic some 53 million years ago.

Eleanor Imster

February 18, 2016

The Blob is dead, scientists declare

The giant patch of warm water in the northern Pacific - nicknamed The Blob - has finally broken up. Compare images from this year and last.

Eleanor Imster

February 17, 2016

Space rocks from Florida fireball found!

A rare find by meteorite hunters in Florida, from the daylight meteor that streaked across skies in the U.S. southeast in late January.

Eddie Irizarry

February 16, 2016

Comet lander faces eternal hibernation

Scientists have given up hope of re-establishing contact with Rosetta's comet lander, now sitting silent and dark on the comet's surface. R.I.P. Philae!

Eleanor Imster

February 16, 2016