Keith Kloor

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The photo, titled Cosmic Fireworks, won the Skyscapes category of the 2023 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, hosted by the Royal Observatory Greenwich. This breathtaking image not only showcases the awe-inspiring beauty of sprite discharges but also sparks public interest in extreme weather phenomena and their scientific significance. (Image Credit: Angel An)

Cosmic Fireworks - Red Sprites Above the Himalayas Photo

Learn more about a massive show of red sprites in South Asia — an outburst that included over 100 individual flashes of red lightning. 

Watch as This Rare Red Sprite Lightning Strikes Above the Himalayas

(Image Credit: joshimerbin/Shutterstock) 

Euclid Telescope

Learn about the latest data from the ESA's Euclid telescope, classifying 380,000 galaxies and bringing us one step closer to understanding dark matter and dark energy.

Euclid Telescope Discerns 26 Million Galaxies in New Update of Sky Map

(Image Credit: Joaquin Corbalan P/Shutterstock)

Various ancient human skulls

Learn about the new proposal for the origins of modern humans, suggesting that our species is a genetic combination of two ancestral populations.

Humans Arose From Two Ancestral Populations That United 300,000 Years Ago

This image is not associated with the study. (Image Credit: FlashMovie/Shutterstock) 

Creation of the universe

Learn more about the Atacama Cosmology Telescope and the images of the infant universe it captured.

High-Definition Images Give Us Earliest Look at Birth of the Universe

A Fossilized feather preserved with the volcanic rock. (Image Credit: Edoardo Terranova)

Preserved fossil feather

Learn why similar mineral deposits may represent a treasure trove of fossilized soft tissue.

Ancient Vulture Feather Preserved in Volcanic Ash Is a Fossil First 

Diagram of inner ear

Learn more about the physics of the inner ear and how it works to pick up the faintest of sounds. 

Physics Can Explain How the Inner Ear Picks Up Faint Sounds

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