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A year of Earth from a million miles
Watch a full year of Earth's sunlit side, seen from a million miles away by the DSCOVR spacecraft.
July 24, 2016
Healthy forests need birds and bees
A new study shows that we humans can help maintain healthy forests by focusing conservation efforts on the protection of animal pollinators and seed dispersers.
July 22, 2016
1st half of 2016 warmest on record
The 6-month period from January to June was our planet's warmest half-year in the modern temperature record, which dates to 1880.
July 21, 2016
Shifting identities for traveling neutrinos
MIT researchers show that neutrinos can change between several distinct “flavors” while traveling from a facility near Chicago to a detector in Minnesota.
July 19, 2016
Giant quake may lurk under Bangladesh
A huge earthquake could be building beneath Bangladesh, Earth's most densely populated nation. There's potential for some 140 million people to be affected.
July 18, 2016
Researchers recreate 1st steps on dry land
In a groundbreaking study, researchers explored a key evolutionary transition - from animals living in water to living on land - using a robot called MuddyBot.
July 16, 2016
Noctilucent clouds over Europe last week
Time-lapse video of the amazing noctilucent cloud display over northern Europe on July 12-14, 2016. Adrien Mauduit called it a "storm" of these clouds.
July 16, 2016
Watch wind flowing across US in real time
The wind map updates every hour and lets you see the movement, flow, and speeds of wind across the United States. Go see it! It's great!
July 16, 2016
New microscopic view of ocean floor life
Underwater microscope provides new views of ocean-floor sea creatures in their natural setting.
July 16, 2016
Moon photobombs Earth
In early July, a satellite camera caught the moon crossing the face of Earth.
July 14, 2016
