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Eleanor Imster
Creatures raft across Pacific, thanks to tsunami
Hundreds of species hitched a ride on debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami for a 4,400-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean.
October 15, 2017
Northern lights over Alberta, Canada
Enjoy this night sky video timelapse by Jack Fusco featuring frozen lakes, fog inversions, and of course the northern lights!
October 15, 2017
Tropical volcanoes trigger El Niños, says study
A new study shows how large volcanic eruptions cool tropical Africa, spawning El Niño events.
October 14, 2017
Juno sees Jupiter and 2 large moons
Jupiter and 2 of its largest moons – Io and Europa - captured by the Juno spacecraft as it performed its 8th flyby of the planet on September 1, 2017.
October 12, 2017
Help identify Earth features in astronaut photos
Hey citizen scientists! You're invited to test a new tool to study Earth using photos taken by International Space Station astronauts. Here's how.
October 6, 2017
Anticrepuscular rays at Georgia moonrise
Scott Kuhn captured anticrepuscular rays as the moon was rising over Fort Mountain in northern Georgia.
October 5, 2017
Goodbye to the dark side
Stunning view of Saturn's night side, looking toward the sunlit side of the rings, by Cassini spacecraft cameras. Cassini ended its mission on September 15, 2017.
October 4, 2017
Did dino-killing asteroid speed bird evolution?
A study suggests the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago increased the pace of evolution in birds, their only remaining descendants.
September 28, 2017
