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Eleanor Imster
Space rock hit moon at 38,000 mph
It was a flash of light seen on the edge of moon during the total lunar eclipse of January 20-21, 2019. Now astronomers have analyzed this meteor strike, the first ever filmed during an eclipse.
May 2, 2019
Milky Way and Jupiter
Maureen Allen captured the Milky Way and Jupiter over Lake Rousseau in Dunnellon, Florida, early in the morning of April 28, 2019.
May 1, 2019
Uluru sunset
Uluru - also known as Ayers Rock - in Northern Territory, Australia, on April 19, 2019.
April 27, 2019
What caused the Great Dying?
New evidence that volcanic eruptions caused the Great Dying, a mass extinction 252 million years ago that killed off 95% of life on Earth.
April 26, 2019
Listen to 1st-ever recorded marsquake
On April 6, NASA’s Mars InSight lander captured the 1st-ever audio of a likely “marsquake.”
April 25, 2019
Meteor over Colorado
Who saw Lyrid meteors this week? Chuck Mason captured this image on April 20. He said, "Lucky enough to have caught a Lyrid Meteor over the Dallas Divide, Ridgway, Colorado."
April 25, 2019
Universe’s 1st type of molecule found at last
Scientists have detected the 1st type of molecule that ever formed in the universe - a combination of helium and hydrogen called helium hydride - in a planetary nebula near the constellation Cygnus.
April 24, 2019
Rain over Asia foreshadows intense California heat
When heavy rain falls over Southeast Asia and the eastern Pacific Ocean, temperatures in California's Central Valley will reach 100 degrees F (38 C) in 4 to 16 days, says a new study.
April 23, 2019
This Cthulhu-like creature crawled the ancient seafloor
Paleontologists have named the 430 million-year-old fossil of a tentacled sea creature after horror author H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu monster.
April 19, 2019
Ancient ‘Texas Serengeti’ had rhinos, alligators, 12 kinds of horses
A new study of fossils unearthed by Depression-era workers reveal that camels, antelopes and relatives of modern elephants and dogs were among the animals that roamed a veritable "Texas Serengeti" millions of years ago.
April 19, 2019
