EarthSky
EarthSky is a science-focused news and educational outlet dedicated to explaining the natural world and humanity’s place in the universe.
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Science news, night sky events and beautiful photos, all in one place. Click here to subscribe to our free daily newsletter. Saturn’s moon Enceladus is one of the most promising places to search for life elsewhere in our solar system. In fact, continued study of data from the Cassini spacecraft has shown that its subsurface ocean is likely habitable. And now, two new studies suggest the chance of finding life on Enceladus is greater than previously thought. Researchers from Freie Universität Ber
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The University of Massachusetts Amherst said the bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema are both contenders for the world’s loudest birds. The bare-throated bellbird, which lives in the Amazon, has a call of around 131 decibels. The red-legged seriema, which lives in a wide swath of eastern South America, has a call of more than 120 decibels. For comparison, 120-130 decibels is equal to a jet plane taking off or a chainsaw. Video via UMass Amherst. Love wildlife and the natural world?
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Science news, night sky events and beautiful photos, all in one place. Click here to subscribe to our free daily newsletter. Mars is a dry planet now, but it was once awash in water. That includes Jezero crater, where the Perseverance rover is still exploring. Perseverance has already found ample evidence that the crater used to be a lake with rivers emptying into it. And now, scientists have found that the water system in Jezero crater was even more complex than previously thought. Led by Purdu
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Don’t miss the next unmissable night sky event. Sign up to EarthSky’s free newsletter for daily night sky updates. Earth and Mars formed together in the great primordial nebula that also created our sun. Both Earth and Mars are about 4.5 billion years old. And, just as for Earth, people have devised a system of human timekeeping for Mars. Earth’s most common calendar is the Gregorian calendar, placing us in the year 2026. But the Mars calendar is much newer. September 30, 2026, marks the start o
Alpha Cephei, or Alderamin, is a fast-spinning star (opens the original)
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Astronomers used the CHARA array at Georgia State University – an opti
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