Earth
Sun
Sun news: Flares, filaments, and a lonely sungrazing comet
Sun news April 13, 2025. The powerhouse AR4055 blasted out 13 M flares over the past day! Plus, 2 filament eruptions and a comet.
April 13, 2025
Spaceflight
How to watch Blue Origin’s 1st all-female crew launch on April 14
Blue Origin plans to launch the first all-female crew of six into space aboard the New Shepard spacecraft on April 14, 2025.
April 13, 2025
Earth
Space
Not all mudball meteorites are weak, new study shows
The Aguas Zarcas mudball meteorites, which landed in Costa Rica in 2019, were stronger than expected. A new study shows that not all mudballs are weak.
April 13, 2025
Astronomy Essentials
Tonight
Visible planets and night sky guide for April
Visible planets and night sky guide. Tonight, the waning gibbous moon will lie near bright Spica and Zubenelgenubi, the alpha star of Libra the Scales.
April 13, 2025
Moon Phases
April full moon is the Pink Moon and a micromoon
The April 2025 full moon – on April 12-13 – is the Pink Moon and lies near the star Spica in the constellation Virgo. It's the smallest full moon of the year.
April 12, 2025
Earth
Human World
Dire wolves are still extinct. So what happened in the lab?
The biotech company Colossal has genetically engineered the DNA of 3 pups born to a gray wolf with some of the genetic code of extinct dire wolves.
April 11, 2025
Space
How a sunlike star yanked down a teetering planet
A Jupiter-size planet fell into its parent sunlike star, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope.
April 11, 2025
Astronomy Essentials
What is the zodiac? Why is it important in astronomy?
Maybe you associate the word zodiac with astrology, but it has an honored place in astronomy, too. It's defined by the annual path of the sun across our sky.
April 11, 2025
Earth
Extreme storms, like recent ones in the US, follow a recipe
Extreme storms hit the central U.S. in early April. A climate scientist explains the recipe for severe storms and why a warming world makes them more frequent.
April 11, 2025
Space
Meet the new Comet SWAN! See it in binoculars now
The new Comet SWAN is approaching the sun and you can currently see it with binoculars in the morning sky. Keep track of its progress here.
April 11, 2025
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