18+ hour, 32+ min ago  (541+ words) Scientists have long thought that there was once a lake, or series of lakes, in Gale crater, where the Curiosity rover has been exploring since 2012. Now, Curiosity has found even more evidence for that ancient lake. Intriguingly, on Earth, deposits…...

11+ hour, 47+ min ago  (324+ words) When we have a full moon around the time of apogee, that's a micromoon. Plus, sources agree the full Strawberry Moon of June 29 is a micromoon. So there are either two, or three, micromoons in a row this year, depending…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (666+ words) A disabled kea parrot named Bruce, living at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve in New Zealand, has become the dominant male in his social group thanks to a unique fighting strategy. Researchers from the University of Canterbury said on April 21, 2026, that Bruce…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (826+ words) Thanks to a new sun-observing spacecraft, scientists are finally able to study how solar material moves through the sun's entire corona, or outer atmosphere. And they've found that the elusive stream of particles known as the slow solar wind is…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (805+ words) Luis Salazar Manzano is the lead author of a paper on this study. He said, in a statement: Our new observations show that the conditions that led to the formation of our solar system are much different from how planetary…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (634+ words) NASA said on April 21, 2026, that pinpointing them took years of lab work, both in Curiosity's onboard laboratory and in comparison studies back on Earth. Overall, the rover found 21 carbon-bearing molecules in a rock it first sampled in 2020. Seven of those…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (100+ words) Earth Sky The Milky Way is a cloudy stretch of stars and dust that make up our home galaxy. In Northern Hemisphere spring, the starry stretch of our galaxy begins to rise above the horizon in the early morning hours....

6+ day, 18+ hour ago  (351+ words) The first Earth Day " April 22, 1970 " is sometimes said to have marked the beginning of the modern environmental movement. The April 22 date was selected in part because it fell between colleges" spring break and final exams. And it was also when…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (441+ words) More than 3 million people are under a level 3 enhanced risk threat for severe storms on Saturday as numerous storms are expected to become severe. These areas include Oklahoma City and Tulsa in Oklahoma and Wichita, Kansas. So if the atmosphere…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (118+ words) NASA published this original story on April 20, 2026. Edits by Earth Sky. Several massive stars, which are outside this field of view, have shaped this region for at least 300, 000 years. Their powerful winds continue to blow an enormous bubble. And a…...