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Eleanor Imster
2017 California desert superbloom
After 5 years of exceptional drought, California deserts have exploded with “superblooms” of wildflowers following the wet winter.
April 5, 2017
Favorite octopus videos
Octopuses (aka octopi or octopodes) are so cool! Here are 5 of our favorite videos featuring those remarkable cephalopods.
April 1, 2017
Watch Thursday’s spacewalk
Two ISS astronauts will be outside the space station beginning about 8 a.m. EDT (12:00 UTC) on March 30. The spacewalk is expected to last about 6.5 hours. Links to live viewing here.
March 30, 2017
Watch SpaceX rocket launch Thursday
The launch window for the reused - "flight proven" - Falcon 9 rocket opens at 18:27 EDT (22:27 UTC) on March 30. There's a two-and-a-half-hour launch window. Links to the live launch here.
March 30, 2017
Sun halo over snowy Cape Breton Island
Winter still lingers on Cape Breton Island, Canada. Photo by Kris Tynski.
March 30, 2017
Snow geese
Marcia White Bower captured migrating snow geese in central New York on March 19.
March 27, 2017
So long, last North American ice sheet
The last remnant of a once-enormous ice sheet will be gone in about 300 years, according to a new study. Scientists say warming temperatures are the reason.
March 26, 2017
Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Ancient structures in a desolate area of land in surrounded by a Navajo reservation. Around 1,000 years ago, the architects of this place walked away.
March 23, 2017
Star’s death spiral into black hole
What happens when a star with about our sun's mass spirals into a black hole? With the distant event known as ASASSN-14li, astronomers have figured out some details.
March 22, 2017
New mosaic of Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula - 1,400 light-years away- is the closest star formation region to Earth. This image is the latest in the Hubble Space Telescope's collection.
March 18, 2017
