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Eleanor Imster
Watch night launch of SpaceX Falcon Heavy June 24
Liftoff is targeted at 11:30 p.m. EDT, with a 4-hour launch window. SpaceX is calling the launch its most difficult ever, because the rocket must release 24 satellites into 3 different orbits.
June 23, 2019
The science behind puppy dog eyes
You know that look your dog gives you, with the raised eyebrows, that melts your heart? A new study says that wolves don't do it. It's a part of how dogs have evolved to communicate with humans.
June 21, 2019
Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth
A new study suggests the prehistoric reptiles could fly right after hatching. It's an ability no other flying animal living today, or in the history of life as we know it, has been able to replicate.
June 20, 2019
Fossils reveal new details about hadrosaur’s appearance
More evidence for a showy, fleshy snout for the hadrosaur, part of the family of duck-billed dinosaurs. These creatures lived 75 million years ago in what's now northern Montana and southern Alberta, Canada.
June 20, 2019
Could a superflare happen on our sun?
New research suggests that superflares - massive bursts of energy from a star's surface - can happen on stars like our sun. What might that mean for us on Earth?
June 19, 2019
Atmospheric CO2 hits record high in May 2019
NOAA reports that carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere continued its rapid rise in 2019, reaching the highest recorded levels in 61 years of observation last month.
June 17, 2019
Venus at sunrise from ISS
From the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Christina Koch snapped this image of the planet Venus at sunrise on May 31.
June 13, 2019
Young moon
The young moon returned to the evening sky this week. June 4 photo by Heidi Gabbert in San Jose, California.
June 8, 2019
Sea sponges collect DNA from fish, penguins, seals
A new study reports that sponges, which can filter 10,000 liters of water daily, catch DNA in their tissues as they filter-feed.
June 6, 2019
