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Eleanor Imster
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!
October 21, 2015
Double catastrophe killed dinosaurs, says study
Asteroid impact and volcanic eruptions might have been a one-two punch that killed off the dinosaurs. New dates suggest the catastrophes were nearly simultaneous.
October 9, 2015
Video: First biofluorescent turtle
Explorers happen upon the first glowing sea turtle ever recorded.
October 7, 2015
Sea ice still too thick for Arctic shipping route
Despite climate change, sea ice will continue to make the Northwest Passage too treacherous to be a regular Arctic shipping route for decades, says study.
October 3, 2015
Wildfires continue to plague US West
A satellite view from Monday shows wildfires still burning in Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. The fires started in August.
September 29, 2015
Video: Greenland’s ice melt
Scientists are studying the increasingly fast rate of summertime ice melt in Greenland. See a new NASA video, plus illustrations of the 2015 melt season.
September 29, 2015
Badlands
"It really felt like you could scoop the stars out of the sky," said photographer Cameron Cech.
September 25, 2015
This date in science: India and Mars
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is India's first interplanetary mission. It began orbiting Mars a year ago today. Mission goals - and spectacular images - here.
September 24, 2015
Fall colors in Siberia, from space
Check out this satellite image showing fall foliage in eastern Siberia on September 9. A smaller section and a broader view.
September 19, 2015
New Pluto images wow scientists
These latest Pluto images from New Horizons have scientists stunned, says NASA. It’s not just the breathtaking views, but the strangely familiar, arctic look.
September 18, 2015
