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Peeling back layers of a warm Neptune
Astronomers have discovered an immense hydrogen cloud streaming off a Neptune-sized exoplanet. The planet's atmosphere is evaporating, say scientists.
November 3, 2015
Life on Earth began 4.1 billion years ago, says study
New evidence suggests that life on Earth began 300 million years earlier than previously documented, pushing the origin of life close to when the planet formed.
October 27, 2015
Moon over Metéora monastery in Greece
Last night's rising moon behind a Greek monastery first settled in the 11th century.
October 27, 2015
Stars reflecting in the Limfjord
Taken from the island of Mors, in the shallow sound called Limfjorden in Denmark.
October 26, 2015
Astronomers find dead star destroying a planet
"This is something no human has seen before," said astronomer Andrew Vanderburg "We're watching a solar system being destroyed."
October 21, 2015
Car lights, starlight
Have you ever driven along a mountain road in Colorado? How about at night?
October 21, 2015
NASA unveils Pluto Time mosaics
Mosaics of Pluto and Charon, created from your photos sent to NASA during this summer's #PlutoTime campaign.
October 20, 2015
Most Earths yet to be born?
Most of the potentially habitable Earth-like planets in the universe have yet to be born, according to a new theoretical study.
October 20, 2015
Milky Way over Morocco
The Milky Way over the top of Toubkal, a mountain peak in Morocco. At 4,167 meters, this point is the highest peak in North Africa.
October 18, 2015
