1+ hour, 10+ min ago  (674+ words) Longtime Earth Sky writer " our own beloved Bruce Mc Clure " loved cycles! Here's one involving the moon " A "season" to astronomers is the 3-month period between a solstice and an equinox, or an equinox and a solstice. We have a…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (231+ words) People shared video from an airport and Ring doorbells on social media that captured the sound and rattling of buildings. Some even reported feeling the pressure wave. Meteorologist Chris Jackson was in South Carolina at the time and said: It…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (498+ words) Do plumes of water vapor blast from Jupiter's moon Europa, like they do from Saturn's moon Enceladus? Scientists have debated this for years. Some previous observations by the Hubble Space Telescope hinted these plumes were there, but smaller and more…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (190+ words) Join Earth Sky's Deborah Byrd and find out about the upcoming, super-spectacular Venus-Jupiter conjunction. Watch in the player above, or on You Tube. These charts are mostly set for mid-latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere. To see a precise view " and…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (346+ words) On May 15, 2026, NASA shared new global maps that showed how light pollution has changed between 2014 and 2022. It's part of what NASA calls its Black Marble project, in which three different satellites capture imagery of Earth at night. And these satellites…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (609+ words) On a hot Jupiter-type exoplanet about 700 light-years away, sand clouds build up every morning, but then dissipate by nightfall. That's the amazingly precise finding of a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University, announced on May 21, 2026. This is one of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (655+ words) Out of the thousands of exoplanets that astronomers have discovered so far, some are rocky and about the same size as Earth. These are the planets that excite scientists the most in the search for possible life beyond our solar…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (395+ words) Does Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede have ice volcanoes? We don't know for sure yet, but a new international study has identified some promising candidates. Ganymede has a deep ocean hidden beneath its icy crust. That's led scientists to speculate it…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago  (681+ words) An amazing event is coming to our evening sky, as seen from around the globe. It's spectacular conjunction of the sky's two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter. Their closest pairing is around June 8 and 9. And you can start watching now!...

2+ week, 18+ hour ago  (872+ words) By Dominik Koll, Australian National University When you think of outer space, you're likely picturing stars, planets and moons. But much of space is filled with clouds of gas, plasma and stardust " or interstellar clouds. My colleagues and I have…...