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Getting to know Pluto
After last summer's Pluto flyby, the New Horizons spacecraft started sending data to Earth – at 2 kilobits per second. What scientists have learned so far from that rich, slow cache.
March 21, 2016
What happens to its stuff when black hole vanishes?
A new theory lets scientists follow a black hole's life over time.
March 15, 2016
Mysterious chimp behavior evidence of sacred rituals?
Groundbreaking video footage could change the way we look at our closest relatives.
March 3, 2016
Bacteria from Sahara on Swiss glaciers
Bacteria living among dust particles from the African Sahara Desert have been found trapped in ice and snow high on the Swiss Alps.
March 2, 2016
Moons might hold key to finding E.T. life
As the list of known planets beyond our solar system grows, the search for their moons is intensifying. Why exomoons might be key to E.T. life.
February 23, 2016
Is ‘Planet 9’ a second Kuiper Belt?
Is there a 9th planet - a super-Earth - as yet undiscovered in our solar system? Researchers present an alternative view, not a planet, but many small objects.
February 19, 2016
Icy volcano in Chile about to erupt?
Several recent events suggest that a set of glacier-covered volcanoes in the southern Chilean region of Bío-Bío may be likely to erupt.
February 9, 2016
Is our Milky Way galaxy a zombie?
An astrophysicist says our Milky Way may already be dead, but is still going. Why do galaxies stop forming stars, change their shape and fade away?
February 4, 2016
Why Planet Nine might be for real
Claims about new planets that turned out to be wrong – and why 'Planet Nine' may be different.
January 26, 2016
2015 hottest year on record, by far
"What we have seen this past year will likely be routine in about 15 years, although regionally the details will vary considerably," says climate expert Kevin Trenberth.
January 23, 2016
