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Eleanor Imster
Okinawa sunset
Beverly Fish captured Friday's sunset in Okinawa, Japan. Thank you, Beverly!
May 26, 2019
Send your name to Mars
Want to send your name to Mars on NASA's next rover mission in 2020? You'll get your name etched on a microchip affixed to the rover - and a souvenir boarding pass. Here's how.
May 24, 2019
More West Antarctic glacier ice now unstable
By combining 25 years of satellite data, scientists have discovered that warming ocean waters have caused the ice to thin so rapidly that 24% of the glacier ice in West Antarctica is now affected.
May 23, 2019
See Beresheet spacecraft’s impact site on moon
NASA released before and after images of the spot on the moon where Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft crash-landed on April 11.
May 22, 2019
Spring versus winter
Alessandra Cailotto took this photo of flowers peeking through the snow in northern Italy on May 7. She wrote, "Spring vs winter: 1-0."
May 20, 2019
Video: Fly over Curiosity’s route on Mars
Follow the route of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, as it moves to a new part of Mount Sharp, into an area scientists call the “clay-bearing unit”.
May 17, 2019
Shrinking moon might be generating moonquakes
The moon is shrinking as its interior cools. As it shrinks, its crust wrinkles and cracks, forming "thrust faults" that, according to a new analysis, generate moonquakes.
May 16, 2019
The oldest known tree in eastern North America
Scientists say a bald cypress tree in the North Carolina wetlands is at least 2,624 years old.
May 15, 2019
Giant devil rays’ secret birthing zone?
The discovery of dozens of pregnant giant devil rays tangled in fishing nets in Mexico’s Gulf of California could mean the endangered species has an unknown birthing zone there, says a new study.
May 15, 2019
Stunning ISS pass above Rome
The International Space Station passing over Rome's city lights on April 30, 2019.
May 15, 2019
