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Eleanor Imster
Late April sun pillar
Jesse Jackson saw this sun pillar near Tucson, Arizona. "Talk about a ray of sunshine," he said.
April 30, 2016
Mars rover crosses most rugged terrain so far
The Curiosity rover has nearly crossed a stretch of the roughest terrain it's seen during its 44 months on Mars. Scientists are monitoring the wear and tear on the rover's wheels.
April 28, 2016
Stunning view of solar flare
On April 17, an active region on the sun’s right side released a mid-level solar flare, which can be seen in this video as a bright flash of light.
April 27, 2016
Does this jellyfish look like a spaceship, or what?
Video of a spectacular jellyfish that floated past NOAA's ROV on April 24, 2016 in the Mariana Trench - the deepest oceanic trench on the planet.
April 27, 2016
Dinosaurs already in decline before asteroid apocalypse?
New research suggests that dinosaurs were in decline tens of millions of years before the meteorite impact that finished them off.
April 26, 2016
Clouds, moonglow, 2 planets
Mars and Saturn, plus the bright star Antares and other stars in the constellation Scorpius. The bright one is Mars!
April 24, 2016
How monarchs find Mexico without a map
Researchers say they’ve cracked the secrets of the monarch butterfly’s internal compass.
April 20, 2016
New images of Ceres craters
New Dawn spacecraft images of two craters on the dwarf planet Ceres, Haulani and Oxo. Haulani looks like a fresh impact into Ceres' surface.
April 20, 2016
New tree of life doesn’t look as you’d imagine
The tree of life, which depicts how life has evolved and diversified on the planet, is getting a lot more complicated.
April 19, 2016
Rainbows around the world
Images of rainbows from all over the world taken by EarthSky's Facebook friends. Beautiful!
April 15, 2016
