July 27 - Top Stories and Videos This Week

[EarthSkyNewsLogo]( July 27 Top Stories and Videos This Week by: [FaceBookShare]( [TwitterShare]( [color-instagram-96.png]( [color-link-96.png]( [Edit Block](#) [Duplicate Block](#) [Delete Block](#) [View at EarthSky Community Photos](. | [Sheryl Garrison]( in Southern Alberta, Canada, titled this image Bee Kind. Sheryl wrote: “A honeybee enjoying a sip from the watering station I set out for them. A shallow bowl filled with rocks, pebbles, marbles and water provides a well-needed drink for the pollinator during the prolonged heat wave.” Thank you for bee-ing kind to your local bees, Sheryl! And thanks for sharing your photo. Top videos this week [Summer meteor showers (2:17)]( [Delta Aquariids around now (1:00]( [What's a planet? With Jean-Luc Margot (23:55)]( [Olympics trivia (2:00)]( [Daredevil exoplanet makes hairpin turn (1:00)]( [Lifeform of the week: Sea urchins (1:00)]( [Artemis moon rocket at KSC (1:00)]( Top stories this week [New hottest day since the 20th century]( The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has been tracking Earth’s climate patterns since 1940. C3S scientists said this week that July 21, 2024, now holds the new record for the hottest day on Earth since at least the early 20th century. [Read about Earth's new hottest day](. [Spot a fake, AI-generated image by looking at the eyes]( Since the advent of AIs, anyone can make deepfake images. How can you tell what's real and what’s not? When it comes to images of people, research in astronomy suggests that AI-generated fakes can be spotted by analyzing human eyes [in the same way that astronomers study pictures of galaxies](. [Neutron-star jet sprays like a garden sprinkler]( This month, the Royal Astronomical Society released the 1st-ever image of a strange "garden sprinkler-like" jet coming from a dense, dead star called a [neutron star](. The structure has an S-shape, never seen before from stars of this kind. [Read about it]( or [watch a 1-minute video](. More top stories [Starliner: 'Great progress,' but no return date]( [The US cities most vulnerable to space weather]( [Nearly extinct Siamese crocodiles hatch in the wild]( [New dog-sized burrowing dinosaur discovered in Utah]( [Scorching storms on brown dwarfs revealed by Webb]( [Eternal sunrises, sunsets viewed on distant exoplanet]( [EarthSky is a clear voice for science on YouTube ...]( Coming up on Monday ... Climate chaos with climatologist Daniel Swain. He's a California-based expert on wildfires - and will be talking about the fast-moving [Park Fire]( - and more. Join us at 12:15 p.m. central ([17:15 UTC]( on Monday, July 29. And if you haven’t yet joined our YouTube community, we invite you to [subscribe to our channel today]( [What's a planet? With astronomer Jean-Luc Margot]( If you think you know what a planet is … maybe you don't. Our live discussion earlier this week with astronomer Jean-Luc Margot, speaking to us from Brussels, was so interesting! [See the replay here](. Or … [read the transcript](. [cats]( [Perseverance rover reports this week from Mars]( The rover said on X: "What a week! Anyone else possibly discover signs of microbial life from billions of years ago on a planet 140 million miles from Earth? No? Just me?" 😀 Has Mars supported microbial life? This story is unfolding now. Coming to EarthSky soon. Image via NASA. [Submit your photo to EarthSky here!]( Subscribe & Support Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? [Click here to get your own subscription](. Want to help support EarthSky? Forward this email to a friend. Share our content via your social media. Consider a [donation](. Or go [shopping at the EarthSky Store](. Thank you for your support! by: [Like us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Website]( [Edit Block](#) [Duplicate Block](#) [Delete Block](#) [update your profile]( | [unsubscribe](