Sun news for May 7, 2024. X4.5 flare! Region AR3663 has had a week of high activity. Today is no exception as it finally approaches the horizon. What's next? The post Sun news May 8: X and M flares all day long first appeared on EarthSky.

Omega Centauri is the Milky Way's largest globular star cluster and contains about 10 million stars. It's even visible from parts of the Northern Hemisphere. The post Meet Omega Centauri, a giant star cluster first appeared on EarthSky.

Visible planets and night sky guide for May 2024. The nights before and after new moon are the perfect time for stargazing under dark skies. The post Visible planets and night sky guide for May first appeared on EarthSky.

Ring the fish doorbell to help fish migrating to their spawning grounds! The fish are stuck behind a lock in the Netherlands, but you can help. The post Ring the fish doorbell to help fish migrate! first appeared on EarthSky.

The Liujiang skeleton, a significant fossil in understanding early modern humans in East Asia, has been aged at 33,000 to 23,000 years old. The post Liujiang skeleton re-dates earliest Homo sapiens in China first appeared on EarthSky.

The 1st crewed Boeing Starliner launch to the International Space Station was postponed on Monday due to a rocket issue. Get updates here. The post Boeing Starliner 1st crew launch postponed to May 10 first appeared on EarthSky.

Otters are cute, fluffy, smart and good swimmers. Have you fallen in love with them yet? Here are some interesting facts about them. The post Otters are cute! They’re our lifeform of the week first appeared on EarthSky.

NASA's Webb telescope has mapped the weather on WASP-43 b, a hot Jupiter exoplanet 283 light-years away. It's blistering hot with 5,000-mile-per-hour winds. The post Exoplanet WASP-43 b weather is hot and wild first appeared on EarthSky.

Alan Shepard became the 1st American in space on May 5, 1961. His suborbital flight took place just 3 weeks after the Soviet Union's Yuri Gagarin orbited Earth. The post 1st American in space, 63 years ago today first appeared on EarthSky.

Learn more about beautiful von Kármán vortices, a swirling pattern of clouds seen in satellite images. They occur when flowing fluid is disturbed by an object. The post Von Kármán vortices are beautiful, swirling clouds first appeared on EarthSky.