New research shows dinosaurs were thriving in their final days, before a massive asteroid impact finished them off 66 million years ago.. Read more and watch a video.
A new idea might solve a decades-old scientific mystery about why some Antarctic icebergs are tinged emerald green rather than the normal blue. Read more and watch a video.
Astronomers used the ALMA telescope to observe a slow outflow and a high-speed jet from a newly forming star. These 2 streams appear misaligned and were apparently launched from different parts of the star-forming disk. Read more.
The moon has waxed larger and is higher in the west after sunset. Watch for it this evening near the red star Aldebaran and the famous Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters. Read more.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | On Sunday night, Niko Powe waved a sparkler at the starry sky. He wrote, "Sirius, Orion, Hyades, Pleiades, the moon, Mars, and me."
