When in its hunting dive, the peregrine falcon is the fastest bird - in fact, the fastest animal - on Earth. Get a bird's-eye view of the flight of this magnificent creature, in this video.
A report published this week in the journal Nature says that bones found in an island cave might be a new human species. The new discovery is helping to show that human evolution was "highly versatile." Read more.
Watch for Gemini's 2 brightest stars - Castor and Pollux - near tonight's moon. On the other side of the moon, you'll see a 3rd bright star. It's Procyon in the constellation Canis Minor, the Lesser Dog. Read more.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Eileen Ferguson captured this image of sunspot AR2738 on April 10. She's in Mallaig, in the Scottish Highlands. Early astronomers first glimpsed sunspots at sunrise or sunset. Nowadays, we know you should never look at the sun without eye protection. Dr Ski in the Philippines has been observing this sunspot, too. He said this morning that it's visible to the eye, maybe via your solar eclipse glasses left from observing the Great American Eclipse of 2017. See more images of AR 2738.
