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Alan Stern on the moons of Pluto
Fans of Pluto celebrated the discovery of its fifth moon in July of 2012. Astronomer Alan Stern was on the discovery team that found Pluto’s new moon.
July 30, 2012
Massive black holes found at center of the Milky Way
A research team has discovered masses thought to be "seeds" that form and grow massive black holes at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
July 23, 2012
Luciano Iess: Liquid ocean on Saturn’s moon Titan
Cassini spacecraft observation of "tides" in the solid surface of Titan suggest that this large moon of the planet Saturn has an ocean below ground.
July 23, 2012
Asteroid size of city block to sweep past July 22
There's nothing to fear from asteroid 2002 AM31. It'll pass within 14 times the moon’s distance from Earth. But you might enjoy watching it sweep past!
July 20, 2012
Lightning on Saturn found on the day side!
Scientists say this lightning on Saturn is approximately 100 miles (200 kilometers) in diameter when it exits the tops of the clouds.
July 19, 2012
Exoplanet smaller than Earth, only 33 light-years away
The little exoplanet UCF-1.01 might be the nearest world to our solar system that's smaller than our home planet.
July 18, 2012
Auroras widely seen July 14. Chance on July 15, too
A powerful X-flare on the sun on July 12 was aimed directly toward Earth. Its effects arrived July 14 with shimmering auroras. Aurora alert!
July 15, 2012
Jupiter, Saturn and Venus might have lightning sprites, too
Lightning sprites on alien worlds like Jupiter, Saturn and Venus. Cool!
July 13, 2012
X-flare from giant sunspot group 1520
Giant sunspot group 1520 - which spans about 10 Earth diameters on the sun's surface - emitted an X-flare on July 12 at 1653 UTC.
July 12, 2012
Frank Hill: Future sunspot drop, but no new ice age
Frank Hill told EarthSky that -- while his team did suggest a drop in solar activity beginning around 2019 -- they did not suggest Earth would cool as a result.
July 12, 2012
