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View from space: India by night and by day
Two photos taken by ISS astronauts - one at night and the other in daylight - show the peninsula of southern India.
January 28, 2015
Stunning panorama from Opportunity rover on Mars marks 11th year
A panoramic view of the desert world next door, from one of the highest elevations reached by the Mars rover Opportunity in its 11 years on the Red Planet.
January 27, 2015
Is our Milky Way a wormhole?
In theory, our home galaxy Milky Way could be a wormhole - a galactic transport system - says a team of astrophysicists.
January 24, 2015
Venus vortex!
This ghostly puff of smoke is actually a huge mass of swirling gas and cloud at planet Venus’ south pole, as seen by ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft.
January 21, 2015
Video: How the smell of rain happens
When a raindrop hits a surface, tiny air bubbles burst from the drop in a fizz of aerosols. Watch the high-speed video.
January 20, 2015
Video: Superstar Eta Carinae
Eta Carinae is a double system containing the most luminous and massive star within 10,000 light-years.
January 19, 2015
Found! Mars orbiter locates lost 2003 Beagle lander
The Beagle 2 Lander, built by the U.K., and thought lost on Mars since 2003, has now been found in images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
January 16, 2015
See comparative sizes of ocean giants
This image shows the body size for 25 marine species, including whales, sharks, squids, and other ocean giants. Check out the little human swimmer in each row!
January 15, 2015
Astronomers find 8 new planets in Goldilocks zone
Two of the newly-discovered planets are the most similar to Earth of any known exoplanets to date.
January 7, 2015
New sharpest-ever view of Andromeda galaxy
The image has a staggering 1.5 billion pixels, so you'd need 600 HD television screens to display it. A piece of the image, and links to a zoomable version, here.
January 6, 2015
