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Eleanor Imster
Venus, Mars, Jupiter and meteor
Alignment of Venus, Mars, Jupiter and a meteor on the ecliptic plane. Not a large meteor but a little gem of color.
November 19, 2015
Top 10 most dangerous volcanoes
At the number one spot is the Japanese island of Iwo Jima.
November 18, 2015
Supersonic winds hurtle around exoplanet
The winds move at 2 kilometers per second. That's about 7 times faster than the speed of sound and 20 times faster than any winds ever recorded on Earth.
November 16, 2015
Nothing beats nature’s own fireworks!
Sommarøya, just outside Tromsø, Norway. Photo: © Geir-Inge Buschmann/Gibfoto
November 15, 2015
What triggers supervolcano eruptions?
Supervolcanoes - massive eruptions with potential global consequences - don't appear to follow the conventional volcano mechanics, say researchers.
November 13, 2015
Cassini spots monstrous ice cloud on Titan
As winter sets in at the south pole of Saturn's moon Titan, a massive ice cloud has been forming. It's the "button" in this image from the Cassini spacecraft.
November 13, 2015
Pluto might have ice volcanoes
Two of Pluto's mountains could be cryovolcanoes - ice volcanoes - that might have spewed an ammonia-ice slurry in the recent geological past.
November 10, 2015
Pluto’s moons spinning wildly
"These are four of the strangest moons in the solar system," said New Horizons mission's Mark Showalter. "We still don't know what to make of it."
November 10, 2015
NASA is recruiting astronauts
Want to be an astronaut? NASA is seeking explorers for future space missions. Here's what it takes and how to apply.
November 9, 2015
El Niño already disrupting ocean food web
Scientists report the loss of phytoplankton - at the base of the ocean food web - from this year's strong El Niño. It's all part of a fascinating cycle of boom or bust for marine animals.
November 6, 2015
