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Cool video! When humans stalked a giant sloth
Fossil footprints track a prehistoric hunt.
April 29, 2018
I run ‘facial recognition’ on buildings
An art historian describes how he and his team use an analysis technique similar to facial recognition, to unlock architectural secrets.
April 26, 2018
How TESS will hunt for alien worlds
Launched last week, TESS will scan 200,000 close and bright stars, seeking new planets and possibly livable worlds. Here's a roundtable discussion with 2 scientists on the TESS mission.
April 22, 2018
Latest snow on record for thousands of US locations
What's the latest date that measurable snow has fallen in different parts of the United States? Check this interactive map from NOAA to find your record latest snow.
April 20, 2018
Exoplanets: Worlds orbiting distant stars
Humans have been speculating about their existence for thousands of years, but ours is the 1st generation to know, with certainty, that exoplanets are really out there.
April 19, 2018
Underwater noise pollution stresses aquatic animals
The roar of motors, ping of military sonar, bangs and blasts from offshore development are distracting, confusing, and even killing, aquatic animals.
April 17, 2018
Sun in 3 different wavelengths
Solar Dynamics Observatory image of the sun captured in 3 different extreme ultraviolet wavelengths.
April 14, 2018
Whoa! New and giant telescopes ahead
Telescope technology has come a long way. Here are 4 new amazing machines for observing the universe, both from space and from Earth.
April 11, 2018
Goodbye Kepler, hello TESS: Passing the baton in exoplanet search
When NASA first started planning the Kepler mission, no one knew if the universe held any planets outside our solar system. Thousands of exoplanets later, the search enters a new phase.
April 11, 2018
Hubble finds an Einstein ring
The arcs you see at the center of this Hubble Space Telescope image are created by the light of distant galaxies, distorted to form what's called an "Einstein ring."
April 11, 2018
