Symbiotic R Aquarii
You can see it change in brightness with just binoculars over the course of a year. Variable star […]
Science
The World Wants Air-Conditioning. That Could Warm the World. by ...
The number of units worldwide is predicted to soar by midcentury, and the electricity to power them will […]
Noctilucent Clouds over Paris Fireworks
It’s northern noctilucent cloud season — perhaps a time to celebrate! Composed of small ice crystals forming only […]
Orcas of the Pacific Northwest Are Starving and Disappearing by ...
The population of endangered black-and-white killer whales has hit a 30-year-low, numbering only 75 this year. Published: July […]
Road to Mars
What’s that light at the end of the road? Mars. This is a good month to point out […]
The Extraordinary Spiral in LL Pegasi
What created the strange spiral structure on the upper left? No one is sure, although it is likely […]
A Northern Summer s Night
Near a summer’s midnight a mist haunts the river bank in this dreamlike skyscape taken on July 3rd […]
Why Is the Corpse Flower So Stinky? by C. CLAIBORNE ...
A series of chemical compounds accompanies the blooming of Amorphophallus titanum, composing a scent that combines boiled cabbage […]
Charon: Moon of Pluto
A darkened and mysterious north polar region known to some as Mordor Macula caps this premier high-resolution view. […]
Never Mind the Summer Heat: Earth Is at Its Greatest ...
During aphelion, our planet receives 7 percent less sunlight than in January, but changes in the planet’s orbit […]