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Octopus Casper could be new species
Scientists found the creature in the deep sea, in the Hawaiian Archipelago. They nicknamed it Casper because of its ghostly appearance, caused by a lack of pigment.
March 14, 2016
Lunar shadow moves across Earth
This is way cool. Watch the moon's shadow move across Earth during the March 9 total solar eclipse. A first ever animation from deep space.
March 11, 2016
Scientists reconstruct supervolcanic eruption
Scientists estimate that slow, dense pyroclastic flows blanketed the southwestern U.S. after the enormous eruption at Silver Creek 18.8 million years ago.
March 10, 2016
Amazing lightning time-lapse from Zimbabwe
Video of 20 spectacular cloud-to-ground lightning strikes that took place on a single afternoon in Mutare, Zimbabwe.
March 10, 2016
Dodos weren’t so dumb after all
New research suggests that dodo birds might have been quite intelligent.
March 9, 2016
Total solar eclipses in the USA
If you miss the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 - first such eclipse in contiguous U.S. since 1979 - you'll have to wait until 2024 to see the next one.
March 7, 2016
Mysterious chimp behavior evidence of sacred rituals?
Groundbreaking video footage could change the way we look at our closest relatives.
March 3, 2016
NASA astronaut returns from year in space
NASA's Scott Kelly and cosmonauts Sergey Volkov and Mikhail Kornienko landed safely in Kazakhstan on March 2. The landing wraps up Kelly's one-year mission aboard the ISS.
March 2, 2016
Bacteria from Sahara on Swiss glaciers
Bacteria living among dust particles from the African Sahara Desert have been found trapped in ice and snow high on the Swiss Alps.
March 2, 2016
Biggest ever US methane leak from California blowout
The Aliso Canyon leak, finally plugged on February 11, vented 100,000 tons of methane into the atmosphere - a climate impact equivalent to the annual emissions of half a million cars, say scientists.
March 1, 2016
