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Eleanor Imster

Tune in to second spacewalk live November 6

If you missed last week’s spacewalk, here’s another chance. The same two ISS astronauts are performing their second spacewalk today (November 6, 2015), starting at 7:10 a.m. EST (1210 UTC).

What is El Niño?

A big El Niño is developing in 2015, say scientists. This NASA video explains El Niño and its impact on the marine food web.

Whoa! That’s a big galaxy cluster

The cluster's mass is a quadrillion times that of our sun - making it the most massive known cluster that far back in space and time.

Antarctica’s ozone hole in 2015

The 2015 Antarctic ozone hole formed later than usual and had the fourth-largest area measured since the start of the satellite record in 1979.

See it! Great photos of Hunter’s Moon

Thanks to all friends who shared your fantastic images of the October 2015 full moon - Northern Hemisphere's Hunter’s Moon - shining down on all the world.

Watch spacewalk live October 28

Watch two NASA astronauts make their first spacewalk outside ISS today, beginning at 8:10 a.m. EDT (12:10 UTC) until about 2:40 p.m. EDT (18:10 UTC).

Kerberos images complete Pluto family portrait

Images of Pluto's tiny moon Kerberos recently downlinked from New Horizons spacecraft. We now have images of all five Pluto moons.

See it! Orionid meteor shower photos 2015

The peak of the 2015 Orionid meteor shower has passed now. Here are some awesome photos from the Earthsky community!

Asteroid showers linked to mass extinctions, says study

Scientists find links between comet and asteroid showers and recurring mass extinctions of life on Earth, including the demise of the dinosaurs.

Daily views of Earth on new NASA website

Each sequence of images shows the Earth as it rotates, revealing the whole globe over the course of a day from a million miles away. It's cool!