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Posted by EarthSky in Human World | Space | March 9, 2021 UK scientists and meteor experts have recovered pieces of a rare meteorite, just days after it entered Earth’s atmosphere and streaked across the sky. Researchers are ecstatic. “Normally we have to send spacecraft to collect bits of other worlds, but this time one has fallen right into our laps!” one said. A spectacular fireball seen in the UK and northern Europe on February 28, 2021, led a few days later to a rare meteorite recovery. This image is from a video by Ben Stanley, processed by Markus Kempf of the AllSk...

Posted by Deborah Byrd in Earth | Human World | March 4, 2021 Three very strong earthquakes in the ocean near New Zealand took place in less than 8 hours on Friday, local time. Tsunami warnings went out across the Pacific, including Hawaii, but have now been lifted. Image via meteorologist @EdPiotrowski on Twitter. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported three strong earthquakes near the North Island of New Zealand yesterday – all within less than 8 hours – all with ocean epicenters near one another. The most recent and largest quake took place at around 8 a.m. local time ...

The striped pattern on the parachute used by the Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a hidden message. Internet sleuths were able to figure it out within a few hours.

Posted by Eleanor Imster in Human World | Space | March 4, 2021 On Friday, March 5, two astronauts will perform the 2nd in a pair of International Space Station spacewalks to ready the station for solar array upgrades. How to watch live. As the sun sets on the ISS, astronaut Kate Rubins enters the Quest airlock, getting ready to conclude the spacewalk on February 28, 2021. Image via NASA. On Friday (March 5, 2021) two International Space Station (ISS) crew members will conduct the second in a pair of spacewalks to continue to ready the station for solar array upgrades. Live cov...

Posted by EarthSky Voices in Earth | Human World | February 25, 2021 You know the old problem of how to portray the round globe of Earth on a flat map? Now a trio of map experts has worked together to solve this problem. Their new map is 2-sided and round. By Liz Fuller-Wright, Princeton University Office of Communications How do you flatten a sphere? For centuries, mapmakers have agonized over how to accurately display our round planet on anything other than a globe. Now, a fundamental re-imagining of how maps can work has resulted in what might be the most accurate flat map ev...