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Watch soap bubbles freeze
A photographer in St. Paul, Minnesota captured this mesmerizing footage of soap bubbles freezing. It looks like time-lapse but it's actually in real time!
January 18, 2017
Huge iceberg set to break off Antarctica
An iceberg the size of Delaware is set to calve from Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf. Only about 12 miles (19 km) still connect the ice chunk to the rest of the continent.
January 11, 2017
Weak La Niña follows potent El Niño
A year ago, the equatorial Pacific was pulsing with heat, due to one of the most intense El Niños on record. But the current La Niña has been relatively quiet.
January 11, 2017
Chickens are intelligent, caring, complex
Think chickens are clueless? Not so, says a new study. Instead, chicken intelligence is underestimated.
January 6, 2017
New app identifies birds from photos
Snap a pic, and the (free) Merlin Bird Photo ID app will identify the bird. Once downloaded, it can go anywhere bird-watchers go, even places without cell service or Wi-Fi.
January 4, 2017
Aurora alert! Thanks to huge coronal hole
The hole is gigantic and facing Earth's way. Possible aurora sightings at the latitude of the northern U.S. – for example, in Michigan or Maine – on January 4 and 5.
January 4, 2017
Earthquakes in Nevada this morning
The U.S. state of Nevada experienced several moderately strong earthquakes and multiple aftershocks, beginning just after midnight local time Wednesday morning.
December 28, 2016
Top 16 Earth images of 2016
Take a few minutes to enjoy these images of our planet taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
December 26, 2016
The water whorls of baby starfish
Video shows the beautiful and efficient mechanism that tiny starfish larvae use to swim, feed and grow.
December 22, 2016
Scientists find jet stream in Earth’s core
ESA's Swarm satellites have discovered a jet stream in the liquid iron part of Earth’s core, nearly 2,000 miles (3000 km) below the surface.
December 20, 2016
