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Zoom in on the Omega Nebula, star birthplace
This video was created from images captured by ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT.) Zoom into the dusty pink core of the Omega Nebula, star nursery.
January 5, 2012
View from space: Comet Lovejoy video
Watch a video of how Comet Lovejoy looked to astronauts on the ISS
January 4, 2012
Daniel Levitin on our musical brain
Music activates neurons in more regions of the brain than almost anything else scientists know of and causes the release of neurochemicals in our brains.
January 4, 2012
70,000+ EarthSky friends on Facebook!
With 18,000 friends on Facebook for EarthSky en Espanol and 52,000 friends on our English-language Facebook page ... the party is just starting.
January 3, 2012
Humble people are more helpful, study shows
Past studies said the decision to help depends on things like time pressure, and the number of bystanders. But self-identified humility trumps these other factors.
January 2, 2012
Deborah Byrd and EarthSky receive major award for science advocacy
The CCAS Arts & Sciences Advocacy Award honors an individual or organization demonstrating exemplary advocacy for the arts and sciences,
January 1, 2012
Facebook studied to see how friendships form
Researchers found that tastes in books don't seem to influence Facebook friendship formation in the same way that tastes in music and movies do.
December 27, 2011
Earth-size planets spotted beyond our solar system
The newly discovered Earth-size planets, Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, are too close to their star to be in the habitable zone - that is, to have liquid water.
December 20, 2011
Worldwatch Institute: Global natural gas regains momentum
Worldwatch Institute Vital Signs Online report points to a rise in fossil fuel consumption and renewed popularity of natural gas as an energy resource.
December 20, 2011
A living neon sign made of millions of glowing bacteria
A team of scientists has created a living neon sign composed of millions of bacterial cells that periodically fluoresce in unison like blinking light bulbs.
December 20, 2011
