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EarthSky Voices

Members of the EarthSky community - including scientists, as well as science and nature writers from across the globe - weigh in on what's important to them. Photo by Robert Spurlock.

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Physicists say they’ve found a ‘tetraquark’

Posted by in Human World | 1 day ago
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On July 1, scientists announced the discovery of a new exotic particle – a so-called “tetraquark” – a finding that marks a major breakthrough in a search of almost 20 years, carried out in particle physics labs all over the world.

Life inside Pluto?

Posted by in Space | 5 days ago
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The dwarf planet’s hot birth may have created a warm internal ocean, and where there’s warm water, there might be life.

10 great places to see meteor showers in the US

Posted by in Human World | Space | 2 weeks ago
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Looking for an awesome place to watch meteor showers in the U.S.? AccuWeather – and the editors of EarthSky – recommend these 10 places.
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Saharan-fed sunsets in the US

Posted by in Earth | 2 weeks ago
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A massive Saharan dust plume is moving into the southeast US, bringing technicolor sunsets and suppressing tropical storms.
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LIGO and Virgo find a mystery object in the ‘mass gap’

Posted by in Space | 3 weeks ago
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The science world is buzzing about a new discovery made via the LIGO-Virgo collaboration. It’s a new object found in the so-called “mass gap” between neutron stars and black holes.
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What is a derecho? An atmospheric scientist explains these rare but dangerous storm systems

Posted by in Earth | 3 weeks ago
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The derecho in the U.S. East on June 3, 2020, killed 4 people and left a million without power. A Colorado derecho on June 6 had winds in excess of 100 mph. Europe, Asia and South America also have derechos. Here’s what scientists know about them.
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Covid-19 spreads through the air. That’s a big challenge for reopening

Posted by in Human World | 3 weeks ago
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Clear, straightforward information on how a virus spreads, from a scientist who studies infectious disease
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Why evolution seems to have a direction, and what to expect next

Posted by in Earth | 1 month ago
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Does evolution always and inevitably generate greater diversity and complexity, having a predictable direction?

Has mystery of universe’s missing matter been solved?

Posted by in Space | 1 month ago
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Cosmologists have only been able to find half the matter that should exist in the universe. With the discovery of a new astronomical phenomenon and new telescopes, these researchers say they’ve just found the rest.
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Why these astronomers now doubt there’s a Planet Nine

Posted by in Space | 2 months ago
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In the search for the hypothetical 9th planet in our solar system, these scientists may have uncovered another explanation for the patterns in the orbits of Kuiper Belt objects.