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Eleanor Imster
View from space: Site of Superbowl XLVIII
A satellite view of the Meadowlands in in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It's the Superbowl's first northern, cold-weather venue.
February 1, 2014
Video: Solar eclipse from space
On Jan 30, the moon moved between NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the sun, giving the observatory a view of a partial solar eclipse only visible from space.
January 31, 2014
Coral reef discovered off Greenland
By sheer coincidence, researchers have discovered a reef of living cold-water corals in southern Greenland.
January 30, 2014
Will the Black Death reemerge?
Scientists have analyzed the genomes of two of the world's most devastating plagues - each killed about half the people in Europe. The findings suggest a new strain of plague could emerge in humans again.
January 29, 2014
7,000-year-old hunter-gatherer had dark skin, blue eyes
Researchers analyzed the DNA from a tooth belonging to the 7,000-year-old remains of European hunter-gatherer to determine his appearance.
January 28, 2014
Infrared image of Saturn’s rings
Cassini spacecraft image of planet Saturn's rings, in gorgeous detail.
January 26, 2014
View from space: Drier California this January
Two satellite images show a drier California in January 2014 than a year ago.
January 24, 2014
Largest asteroid Ceres is venting water vapor into space
This is the first unambiguous detection of water vapor around an object in the asteroid belt.
January 23, 2014
Earth’s shadow from Austin, Texas
Just like you or me, Earth casts a shadow. Earth’s shadow extends into space, in the direction opposite the sun.
January 23, 2014
