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Loneliest known exoplanet and its star

The exoplanet labeled 2MASS J2126 has the widest orbit of any planet ever found. Its "year" is nearly 1 million Earth-years long.

Deborah Byrd

January 25, 2016

EarthSky News with Deborah Byrd

All the news you can fit into outer space LIVE on Slooh.com Mondays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. ET (1530 UTC). Or watch right here!

Deborah Byrd

January 25, 2016

Zoom to super luminous Milky Way stars

New Hubble Space Telescope video zooms in on Trumpler 14, a young cluster of hot, massive, bright stars - some of the most luminous stars in our Milky Way galaxy!

Deborah Byrd

January 25, 2016

Are the aliens extinct?

Australian astrobiologists say an early Armageddon on most distant worlds makes advanced lifeforms unlikely. If true, our Milky Way galaxy is a lonely place.

Deborah Byrd

January 24, 2016

EarthSky News with Deborah Byrd

All the news you can fit into outer space LIVE on Slooh.com Mondays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. ET (1530 UTC). Or watch right here!

Deborah Byrd

January 21, 2016

Cascade of magnetic arches on sun

Take 15 seconds to watch glowing magnetic arches cascade across the solar surface, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.

Eleanor Imster

January 21, 2016

Solid evidence for a 9th planet

If it exists, the 9th planet has 10 times the mass of Earth - orbits 20 times farther from the sun than Neptune - and takes 20,000 years to orbit the sun once.

Deborah Byrd

January 20, 2016

Flower blooms in space

Here it is! A flower grown on the International Space station blooms.

Eleanor Imster

January 20, 2016

Constellation named for David Bowie?

MIRA Public Observatory and Studio Brussels say they have 'registered a constellation' named for the late, beloved rock musician. Hmm, says astronomer Guy Ottewell.

EarthSky Voices

January 20, 2016