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Eleanor Imster
Grab a bit of asteroid Bennu? Turns out, it’s tougher than expected
The OSIRIS-REx mission, which plans to get an sample of the asteroid and return it to Earth, is facing some unexpected challenges.
March 31, 2019
Fossil barnacles help track ancient whale migrations
One surprise finding of the new research is that the coast of Panama has been a meeting ground for humpback whales for at least 270,000 years and still is today.
March 29, 2019
How coyote pups get used to humans
Across North America, coyotes are moving into urban environments. While human residents are having to get used to the new animal neighbors, coyotes are also habituating to people.
March 28, 2019
Jupiter’s 700,000-year journey toward the sun
Scientists in Sweden say that Jupiter - largest planet in our solar system - formed 4 times farther away from the sun than its current orbit. They believe it moved inward toward the sun in a journey lasting 700,000 years.
March 27, 2019
SOHO looks at equinox sun
Four views of the sun taken by the SOHO solar observatory on the morning of the March 2019 equinox.
March 27, 2019
Meet the world’s biggest T. rex
Say hello to “Scotty." The towering and battle-scarred Tyrannosaurus rex is the biggest yet discovered and the largest terrestrial predator known to science.
March 26, 2019
Spring already? Why time seems to fly as we age
A new theory says that the ever-slowing speed at which our brain processes images as we get older speeds up our perception of time.
March 24, 2019
Doves at dawn
Emma Monica Andrici took this photo on the morning of March 19, 2019, in Kolding, Denmark. She wrote, "Beautiful golden dawn, with peace doves resting on the lamps."
March 24, 2019
Astronomers clock super-fast pulsar speeding through space
The runaway pulsar escaped the blast wave of the supernova that formed it, astronomers say, and is hurtling through space so fast it could travel from Earth to the moon in just 6 minutes.
March 22, 2019
