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Eleanor Imster
Video: First marathon on Mars
On Earth, a fast runner takes a few hours to complete a marathon. On Mars, it took the Opportunity rover 11 years. New short video on Opportunity's marathon trek.
May 18, 2015
New Horizons’ first photos of Pluto’s smallest moons
With its close encounter with Pluto still two months away, New Horizons' powerful camera has caught a glimpse of tiny moons Kerberos and Styx!
May 14, 2015
If you give an octopus a camera
... she's going to want to take a picture. An octopus at a New Zealand aquarium trains a camera on visiting tourists.
May 12, 2015
Gargantuan gas halo around Andromeda galaxy
A dark halo of gas that envelopes our neighboring Andromeda galaxy is 1,000 times more massive than previously measured and stretches halfway to the Milky Way.
May 12, 2015
Asteroids and comets seed exoplanets with water
Earth's water likely came from asteroids and/or comets. New research suggests that small bodies in distant solar systems carry water to their planets, too.
May 9, 2015
Watch octopus squeeze through tiny hole
It's just cool, that's all. Watch this 40-second video of an octopus squeezing through a tiny hole to escape a box.
May 7, 2015
Atmospheric carbon dioxide hits record high
The global average concentration of the greenhouse gas surpassed 400 parts per million in March for the first time since record-keeping began.
May 6, 2015
Warm oceans triggered US Dust Bowl
Ocean hot spots in the Atlantic and Pacific were drivers of the hottest summers on record for the central U.S. in 1934 and 1936, suggest new study.
May 6, 2015
Tonga’s newest island: Before and after views
Last December, an undersea volcano exploded to life in the Polynesian island kingdom of Tonga. The eruption created a new island.
May 4, 2015
