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Asteroid Day 2016 will be June 30

The European Space Agency hosted a press conference about Asteroid Day, which was co-founded by astrophysicist and rock musician Brian May.

Editors of EarthSky

February 15, 2016

Chelyabinsk meteor mystery 3 years later

It's been 3 years since the dazzling fireball over Chelyabinsk, Russia, and its aftereffects in 6 Russian cities. Yet scientists still don't know its origin.

Deborah Byrd

February 15, 2016

Hidden galaxies, Mars lakes, uncertain asteroid

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Deborah Byrd

February 15, 2016

Cool video on astrophotography workshop

Landscape photographer Mike Mezeul II leads a nighttime photography workshop under the dazzlingly dark skies of Big Bend National Park, in Texas.

Deborah Byrd

February 15, 2016

Black hole is sleeping giant

At the heart of galaxy NGC 4889 lurks one of the most massive black holes ever discovered. Astronomers think this giant has stopped feeding and is now resting.

Eleanor Imster

February 13, 2016

Merging galaxies in Eridanus, via Hubble

Characterized as a peculiar galaxy, NGC 1487 is an elaborate cosmic whirl likely formed when several dwarf galaxies merged.

Editors of EarthSky

February 13, 2016

Gravitational waves’ new window on cosmos

Why are scientists so excited about the first-ever detection of gravitational waves? Deborah Byrd reports on this episode of EarthSky News.

Deborah Byrd

February 11, 2016

Gravitational waves detected!

We can now detect gravitational waves, says LIGO. Unanticipated discoveries, unexpected marvels, ahead.

Deborah Byrd

February 11, 2016

Galaxies hidden by Milky Way revealed

For the first time, astronomers peered through stars and dust in the Milky Way galaxy to find ... more galaxies. The work helps explain a mystery Great Attractor.

Deborah Byrd

Eleanor Imster

February 11, 2016