Antarctica is covered in volcanoes, could they erupt?

Antarctica is covered by a large ice sheet but beneath the ice are numerous volcanoes, including 138 identified under the western ice sheet alone. Currently, the only two known active volcanoes in Antarctica are Mount Erebus and Deception Island. Mount Erebus has been continually erupting since the 1970s with strombolian eruptions and a persistent lava […]

Total solar eclipse reveals tiny new comet moments before it was destroyed by the sun

During the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, an amateur astronomer discovered a tiny comet near the Sun, called SOHO-5008, using the coronagraph on NASA’s SOHO spacecraft. An astronomer predicted the comet could be visible during the eclipse totality, and another amateur astronomer was able to photograph it during totality in New Hampshire, making […]