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Eleanor Imster
Night thunderstorms: Top things to know
For anyone who's been stirred out of bed in the middle of the night by a clap of thunder: Here's info about those intense storms that happen after the sun sets.
July 27, 2015
New NASA video on flood prediction
Predicting flooding is notoriously difficult, but predictions are improving. Timely video in light of James Hansen's prediction this week of catastrophic flooding in New York and other coastal cities before the end of this century.
July 22, 2015
Wonderful image! Saturn and moon Titan
Titan may be a large moon - its name even implies it - but it's still dwarfed by its parent planet, Saturn. Beautiful image from the Cassini spacecraft.
July 15, 2015
The women of New Horizons’ Pluto flyby
Women make up 25 percent of the New Horizons flyby team. Science team leader Fran Bagenal said, “This isn’t remarkable - it’s just how it is.”
July 14, 2015
Pluto time around the world
How light is noon on Pluto? This video from NASA and worldwide space fans, replicates Pluto's noontime light conditions from places all over Earth.
July 13, 2015
This black hole outgrew its galaxy
Astronomers have discovered a gigantic black hole - among the most massive black holes ever found - inside a normal-sized galaxy.
July 13, 2015
Milky Way over Maine lighthouse
The Milky Way over the Atlantic at the Pemaquid Point lighthouse in Bristol, Maine.
July 7, 2015
Get ready for New Horizons’ flyby of Pluto
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will fly through the Pluto system on July 14. It's only 2 weeks away!
June 29, 2015
Video: Brainy octopus and its coconut
We can’t get enough of the coolness of octopuses here at Earthsky. Watch what this octopus does with coconut shells.
June 26, 2015
