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Eleanor Imster
‘Absolutely insane airglow’
Those were the words of astrophotographer Yuri Beletsky, who captured this image on May 10 from Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.
May 12, 2018
Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano
Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes. Here are images and video from its ongoing eruption in Hawaii.
May 9, 2018
Snowball Earth due to plate tectonics?
New research suggests that as great land plates began to shift and move on Earth's surface, our world became what geologists call a Snowball Earth.
May 9, 2018
New science from Jupiter
When the Juno spacecraft recently flew over the poles of Jupiter, researchers were astonished. This 5-minute video from NASA explores the latest discoveries.
May 7, 2018
Hear the Milky Way Blues
Listen to the sound of our galaxy rotating. The variation of musical pitches portrays the motion of gas as it orbits around the center of our galaxy.
May 6, 2018
Tangled up in blue
NASA's SDO captured the sun's only visible active region putting on a fine display.
May 5, 2018
Ample warning for supervolcanos?
Yellowstone's supervolcano won't erupt anytime soon. Neither will other similar systems around the world. A new study says we'll see many warning signs before a supervolcano erupts.
May 3, 2018
Watch SpaceX Dragon depart from ISS May 2
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is set to depart the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, May 2. NASA TV will provide live coverage of Dragon's departure starting at 10 a.m. EDT (14:00 UTC).
May 1, 2018
Unseen siblings for Milky Way’s supermassive black hole?
Our Milky Way galaxy is known to have a supermassive black hole at its heart. Could more supermassive black holes be lurking unseen at our galaxy's outskirts?
April 27, 2018
