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Eleanor Imster

Rosetta’s comet reappears from behind the sun

It's back! The target comet of ESA’s Rosetta mission disappeared behind the sun and out of the Earth’s view last October. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko can now be seen again.

Bald eagle nest cam 24/7

Watch baby eaglet B3 and his wild bald eagles all day, all night, thanks to the eagle nest cam from Georgia's Berry College.

Great Lakes ice cover reaches 91 percent

On March 5, NOAA reported that ice cover over North America's Great Lakes had reached 91 percent. The lakes have not been so covered with ice since 1973.

New Hampshire seacoast sunrise

A wintery sunrise on the New Hampshire coast.

Zodiacal light in Monument Valley, Arizona

Zodiacal light - also called the false dusk - and the natural totem poles in Monument Valley, Arizona.

Last night’s crescent moon

Waxing crescent moon over France on March 4, by Jean-Baptiste Feldmann.

Rising sun, northern Norway

The rising sun, captured in Sørkjosen, Troms, in northern Norway by Tommy Richardsen

Listen to the whales of the Bering Strait

The Arctic is home to a growing number of whales and ships, and to populations of sub-Arctic whales that are expanding their territory into newly ice-free Arctic waters.

Fukushima radiation reaches Canadian waters

Radiation from Japan's leaking Fukushima nuclear power plant has reached ocean waters offshore Canada, researchers said on February 24.

This zircon crystal is oldest known piece of Earth’s crust

A tiny zircon crystal found on a sheep station - or ranch - in western Australia is now the oldest known piece of our planet, dating to 4.4 billion years ago.