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Eleanor Imster
Storm on the way
Storm heading towards Taylor’s Lake near Horsham, Australia on June 11, 2018. Photo by Lynton Brown.
June 16, 2018
Gulf of Mexico 2018 dead zone forecast
NOAA scientists project that this summer’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone or ‘dead zone’ – an area of low to no oxygen that can kill marine life – will be about the size of Connecticut.
June 14, 2018
What we inherited from bug-eating mammal ancestors
If you’re an advocate for insects in human diets, go ahead. Munch on a grasshopper. The genes needed to digest bugs are still in our genome, inherited from the tiny, furry distant ancestors of all mammals, including humans.
June 13, 2018
Watch spacewalk June 14
On Thursday, 2 astronauts aboard the International Space Station will conduct a 6 1/2 hour spacewalk. NASA's live coverage begins at 10:30 UTC (6:30 a.m. EDT). The spacewalk itself is scheduled to start at 12:10 UTC (8:10 a.m. EDT).
June 13, 2018
End of the journey for iceberg B-15?
B15 was the largest iceberg ever recorded to break away from Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf. That was in the year 2000. Now the iceberg is nearly gone. See its remant from space, and the track of its journey.
June 11, 2018
Mars explorers wanted!
Can you picture yourself as an explorer, farmer, surveyor or teacher on Mars? Download a NASA Mars poster (free!) that speaks to you.
June 7, 2018
Explore 20 years of Earth data
From NASA, 2 decades of planetary change. See detailed views of volcanoes fuming, hurricanes flooding, dams being built, wildfires sweeping across landscapes and more.
June 7, 2018
Wildfire smoke messing with orangutans’ eating and sleep
“They sounded raggedy, a little like humans who smoke a lot,” said a researcher who studies orangutans in the Indonesian forests.
June 3, 2018
Sunset with lightning over Illinois
Russ Adams captured this glorious image in Pike County, Illinois on May 26, 2018.
June 2, 2018
