Astronaut Matthew Dominick was flying about 17,000 miles per hour above Earth when he looked out the window and saw this remarkable view. Dominick, who was sent to the space station in March as commander of the International Space Station, NASA‘S SpaceX Crew-8 mission, grabbed its camera and snapped the above photo. Taken on July … Read more
Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) amid bright noctilucent clouds in July 2020. (Photo by: Alan Dyer/VW … [+] PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Every Monday I pick North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to northern latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere), but don’t forget … Read more
The Pleistocene Epoch – with its glaciers, woolly mammoths and Neanderthals – still looms large in Earth’s rearview mirror, having ended just 12,000 years ago. Now a team of researchers proposes that those hundreds of thousands of years of our planet’s history may have been cold due to a cloud in space that briefly removed … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Credit: CC0 Public domain × close to Credit: CC0 Public domain About two million years ago, the Earth looked very different, where our early human ancestors lived alongside sabre-tooth tigers, mastodons and enormous rodents. And depending on where they were, … Read more
The full Strawberry Moon sets behind the Statue of Liberty before sunrise on June 4, 2023 in Nieuw … [+] York city. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) Getty Images June is when the nights are shortest in the Northern Hemisphere, but also when stargazing becomes easier. Camping trips, vacations and more time outdoors naturally increase … Read more