Exploring the constellation Pegasus
In October, before we start seeing the bright constellations of winter at a decent hour, the winged horse flies across the sky.
Science
Bacterial enzymes degrade plastic soda bottles
Recycling plastic is an important step in eliminating the pollution that fills our landfills, oceans, and our food supply. Enzymes can help.
How citizens prefer to fund environmental action
Growing demand for countries to combat climate change, less consensus on how to fund it. New study offers insight from the US, UK, Germany, France.
Smoke from Calif. paints the East Coast sun
The sunrise this morning in Baltimore and Chicago was cooled by smoke from the Calif. wildfires, which created a thick haze aloft.
Most detailed images ever of the sun
A new telescope at the National Solar Observatory snapped the most detailed pictures of the sun's surface we have ever seen.
Feds boost Bay funding
Restoration efforts in the Chesapeake Bay watershed received a boost in federal funding in the budget Congress passed last month.
Mercury makes a transit; next in 2032
A transit of Mercury occurred today and was visible from the US, provided you had sunny skies. It was one of longest possible transits.
Fox Island disappears in the Chesapeake
An island that has provided some environmental education for many is being lost to rising sea levels in the Chesapeake Bay.
Saturn has the most moons. Wanna name them?
20 new moons were discovered around Saturn, now the planet with the most moons. Contest to name the new ones.
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
Research out of Northwestern Univ shows a causal relationship between repeated failure and future success. Hang in there. Always.