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Eleanor Imster
Best close-up of Pluto’s surface
The most detailed view of Pluto’s terrain you’ll see for a very long time, taken by the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew past Pluto on July 14, 2015.
May 28, 2016
Solar storms key to life on Earth?
Energy from our young sun – 4 billion years ago - helped create molecules in Earth's atmosphere that allowed it to warm up enough to incubate life, says study.
May 25, 2016
Comets orbiting nearby sunlike star
Astronomers have found the first evidence of icy comets orbiting a sunlike star 160 light-years from Earth.
May 24, 2016
Man-eating crocodiles captured in Florida
Monster Nile crocodiles might be Florida’s newest invasive species.
May 23, 2016
Ancient tsunamis on Mars?
A study suggests that 2 large meteorites hit Mars billions of years ago and triggered mega-tsunamis in Martian water oceans.
May 23, 2016
New clues about ancient asteroid strike
New evidence from Australia of an enormous asteroid that struck Earth 3.4 billion years ago, triggering earthquakes and tsunamis and causing cliffs to crumble.
May 21, 2016
Your top 4 questions about tornadoes
May is the peak month for twisters here in the U.S.
May 17, 2016
Acadia at 3 a.m.
Tom Wildoner captured this view on May 12 in Maine's Acadia National Park. See bright Mars on the right.
May 15, 2016
New look at Mercury’s peaks and valleys
First global topographic map of Mercury shows the whole surface of our solar system's innermost planet. MESSENGER mission scientists used 100,000 images to create it.
May 14, 2016
Volcanic eruption in far south Atlantic
If it weren't for satellites, the eruption on Bristol island might have gone unnoticed. Instead, here are pics.
May 12, 2016
