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Dark skies disappearing
Earth's night skies are lighter, thanks to towns, cities and industrial complexes. How that affects astronomy ... as well as birds, insects and people.
December 28, 2015
Magnetic fields dragged and twisted by young star’s dusty disk
These disks contain the raw materials for planet formation. The magnetic fields can either help or hinder their growth. So this new research helps show how solar systems are born.
December 27, 2015
Sneaking a peek inside a black hole’s disk
Amazing new image - obtained via an orbiting X-ray observatory - shows the disk of gas and dust surrounding a supermassive black hole to be clumpy, not smooth.
December 24, 2015
How big can black holes grow?
Black holes could grow as large as 50 billion suns, before the 'food' that makes them grow crumbles into stars, says new research.
December 24, 2015
Latest images of Christmas Eve asteroid
Near-Earth asteroid 2003 SD220 will pass safely, at more than 28 times the moon's distance, on Christmas Eve. Will it cause earthquakes? Of course not.
December 24, 2015
NASA suspends 2016 launch of InSight Mars mission
NASA has called off the planned March 2016 launch of the InSight mission to Mars, following failure to repair a leaky instrument in the science payload.
December 24, 2015
Awesome Falcon 9 landing in Florida
Don't miss the video of last night's first-time-ever successful landing of Space X's Falcon 9 rocket. Congrats to Elon Musk and the team at Space X!
December 22, 2015
EarthSky News with Deborah Byrd
All the news you can fit into outer space LIVE on Slooh.com Wednesdays at 11 a.m. ET (1600 UTC). Or watch right here!
December 16, 2015
People rename 14 stars and 31 exoplanets
The votes are in. The IAU has accepted the people's choice of names for 14 stars and 31 exoplanets. Exoworlds are now named for deities, demons and scientists.
December 15, 2015
Ceres blurs line between comets and asteroids
New discoveries about Ceres' mysterious bright spots suggest that a strict division between comets and asteroids is no longer realistic.
December 15, 2015
