Asteroid 2024 YR4 has now triggered a Potential Impact Warning Notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network. Read it here.
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A new image from ESO's Very Large Telescope provides what these astronomers called "our clearest view yet" of a filament in the cosmic web.
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Researchers have used seismometers to discover pools of lava sitting under dormant Cascade volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest.
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On a recent flyby, the Juno spacecraft spotted intense volcanic activity on Io, one of Jupiter's moons. It was more extreme than any volcanism ever seen on Io.
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The Lunar New Year falls on January 29, 2025. It coincides with the date of new moon and signals the start of the Year of the Snake.
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Visible planets and night sky guide for January 2025. An asteroid has 1-in-83 odds of hitting Earth. Watch an interview with asteroid expert Dr. Richard Binzel.
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Sun news for January 29, 2025. Activity has risen to moderate thanks to action from the east. Two CME glancing blows could mean auroras in the coming days.
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The Blue Ghost lunar spacecraft, flown by Firefly Aeronautics for NASA, took this "Blue Marble" picture of Earth from orbit around our planet.
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Astronomers thought that exoplanet GJ 1214 b was either a watery super-Earth or a mini-Neptune. But a new study says it is more like a super-Venus exoplanet.
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The new REASONS survey has found exocomet belts around 74 nearby stars. The images reveal a wide variety of comet belt appearances and ages. Find out more.
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 has now triggered a Potential Impact Warning Notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network. Read it here.
The post Asteroid 2024 YR4 triggers a Potential Impact Warning Notification first appeared on EarthSky. 
A new image from ESO's Very Large Telescope provides what these astronomers called "our clearest view yet" of a filament in the cosmic web.
The post A filament of the cosmic web! Clearest image yet first appeared on EarthSky. 
Researchers have used seismometers to discover pools of lava sitting under dormant Cascade volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest.
The post Cascade volcanoes still have large pools of magma first appeared on EarthSky. 
On a recent flyby, the Juno spacecraft spotted intense volcanic activity on Io, one of Jupiter's moons. It was more extreme than any volcanism ever seen on Io.
The post Juno spots most extreme volcanic activity on Io to date first appeared on EarthSky. 
The Lunar New Year falls on January 29, 2025. It coincides with the date of new moon and signals the start of the Year of the Snake.
The post Happy Lunar New Year 2025! The Year of the Snake first appeared on EarthSky. 
Visible planets and night sky guide for January 2025. An asteroid has 1-in-83 odds of hitting Earth. Watch an interview with asteroid expert Dr. Richard Binzel.
The post Visible planets and night sky guide for January and February first appeared on EarthSky. 
Sun news for January 29, 2025. Activity has risen to moderate thanks to action from the east. Two CME glancing blows could mean auroras in the coming days.
The post Sun news: New sunspots and a coronal hole may bring action first appeared on EarthSky. 
The Blue Ghost lunar spacecraft, flown by Firefly Aeronautics for NASA, took this "Blue Marble" picture of Earth from orbit around our planet.
The post New Blue Marble image from Blue Ghost spacecraft first appeared on EarthSky. 
Astronomers thought that exoplanet GJ 1214 b was either a watery super-Earth or a mini-Neptune. But a new study says it is more like a super-Venus exoplanet.
The post A super-Venus exoplanet (with a watery name) first appeared on EarthSky. 
The new REASONS survey has found exocomet belts around 74 nearby stars. The images reveal a wide variety of comet belt appearances and ages. Find out more.
The post New images of exocomet belts around 74 nearby stars first appeared on EarthSky.