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Video: Summer Blue Moon
On July 31, the moon becomes full for the second time this month. Modern folklore says the second full moon is a Blue Moon. New video from NASA.
July 28, 2015
How mosquitoes find you to bite you
Mosquitoes use a triple threat of visual, olfactory, and thermal cues to home in on their human targets, a new Caltech study suggests.
July 22, 2015
State of the climate 2014: Record warmth
New report - released by American Meteorological Society - based on contributions from 413 scientists from 58 countries around the world.
July 20, 2015
Jurassic saw fastest mammal evolution
A new study suggests that mammal 'experimentation' with different body-plans and tooth types peaked in the mid-Jurassic period, 200-145 million years ago
July 17, 2015
Stratosphere pushes Santa Ana wind wildfires
A study says that the Santa Ana winds have an accomplice when it comes to California wildfires - extremely dry air pulled down from the stratosphere.
July 16, 2015
New Horizons spacecraft sweeps past Pluto
New Horizons is alive and well and beyond the Pluto system. On Wednesday, scientists began releasing close-up images of geology on this distant ice world.
July 15, 2015
Strongest magnets make biggest cosmic explosions
In other words, magnetars - tiny neutron stars that are the strongest magnets in the universe - power long-duration gamma-ray bursts.
July 10, 2015
Hidden supermassive black holes revealed
Scientists have detected 5 supermassive black holes previously clouded from view. The research suggests there are millions more hidden black holes out there.
July 6, 2015
Black hole wakes up after 27 years
On June 15, a monster black hole started showing signs of extraordinary activity that hasn't happened since 1989. Astronomers around the world are watching.
June 30, 2015
Can a human singing voice shatter glass?
Not just any loud sound will shatter a glass. It has to be the right resonant frequency.
June 27, 2015
