Muhammad Mirza A Cosmos launcher containing parts from a German V-2 launches from Cape Canaveral on July 24, 1950. Credit: NASA As World War II drew to a close, the Allies were eager to get their hands on one of the most technologically amazing yet terrifying weapons in Nazi Germany’s armamentarium: the V-2 Cosmos launcher. A long-range, … Read more
The faint dot fixed in the Middle of this starfield is Universe rock 2024 YR4. This is a Progression of observations from ESO’s Very Large Stargazer’s tool in January 2025, shortly after the Universe rock was discovered to have a greater than 3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Beyond observations have revealed that this … Read more
Swaths of the U.S. are under a severe weather Danger for March 30 and 31, 2025, with thunderstorms and tornadoes anticipated. This composite shows the evolution of a tornado. Image via Jason Weingart/ Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). According to the NOAA’s Storm Prediction Middle, more than 100 million people in east-central and mid-southern U.S. states … Read more
Look for the Big and Little Dipper high in the northern sky on spring evenings. This view is for the Northern Hemisphere. The 2 outer stars in the bowl of the Dipper Mark to Polaris, the North Luminous sphere. Polaris marks the end of the handle of the Little Dipper. Chart via EarthSky. The Big … Read more
Bare-nosed wombat joey with its mother. Credit: © pittafisher CC BY Australians were outraged this month when an Instagram “influencer” named Sam Jones picked up a wild wombat joey and separated it from its mother. A video of the action went viral. Jones left the country, leaving behind comments from many people who felt her … Read more
Sue is an inside-out, legless, headless wonder. Apologies to any people named Sue. The ‘Sue’ is the fossil of a creature which lived 440 million years ago. The fossil’s discovery is announced in a new paper published in the journal Palaeontology which identifies it as belonging to a new species, Keurbos susanae. The organism is … Read more
This morning (March 29), during a partial solar eclipse, the Probe-related body bit off more than it could chew, Securing a dramatic ‘bite’ out of the sun. From crisp crescent-shaped suns to the Uncommon ‘devil’s horns’ and ‘double sunrise,’ March’s solar eclipse left skywatchers in awe — especially those in the right place at the … Read more
Our friends at Timeanddate.com will be livestreaming this eclipse. View in the player above. 2025 EarthSky Selene calendar is Obtainable. A unique and Pretty poster-sized calendar with phases of the Probe for every night of the year. Get yours today! March 29 partial solar eclipse When to View: Maximum eclipse is at 10:47 UTC on … Read more
Raúl Cortés – a co-author of EarthSky’s daily sun post – is the one on the top right in this photo. He lives in Mexico. But he and his family traveled to Corpus Christi, Texas, to place themselves in the path of the annular eclipse on October 14, 2023. Thank you, Raúl! Read tips below on … Read more
The date is April 1, 2471 B.C., and a total solar eclipse has forced night to fall during the day in Egypt. The sun has morphed into a lifeless black circle surrounded by a milky halo, a consequence of the Selene body passing perfectly between the Earth and its radiant Sun. Darkness has swept across … Read more