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View from space: Aurora stretching across Quebec and Ontario on October 8
Orbiting satellite acquired view of an aurora, seen from above, on October 8, 2012. These northern lights resulted from a storm on the sun several days earlier.
October 10, 2012
James Holden explores life thriving in deep, hot undersea vents
Deep in cracks of hot undersea volcanoes, microbes inhale hydrogen and carbon dioxide and exhale methane. They might help scientists understand life beyond Earth.
October 10, 2012
Photos from friends: Beautiful auroras on October 8-9, 2012
CME that left sun on October 4, 2012 interacted with Earth's magnetic field, causing beautiful displays of the aurora, or northern lights, on night of October 8-9.
October 9, 2012
View from space: Sea ice 2012 versus sea ice 1984
Two maps, created from satellite data, compare the Arctic ice minimum extents in 2012 and 1984.
October 8, 2012
Amazonian tree rings reveal past rainfall
Scientists used tree rings from just eight cedar trees in Bolivia to make a detailed picture of rainfall patterns across the Amazon basin over the last century.
October 8, 2012
New Symphony of Science video on climate change
If you don’t think global warming is real, or dislike autotune, this isn't for you. As for me ... I love it. We can change the world!
October 6, 2012
How is pollution changing Lake Baikal?
Some unique life that's evolved over millions of years in Earth's oldest and deepest lake is in trouble.
October 5, 2012
GOES-14 satellite drifts eastward to replace malfunctioning GOES-13
GOES-14 weather satellite is drifting 0.90 degrees per day. It'll take all of October to drift to the place where the ailing GOES-13 satellite is now.
October 3, 2012
Brightest biological substance reveals its secret
The cells of an African fruit have walls made of tightly coiled cellulose strands that are excellent for reflecting light.
October 3, 2012
October 1, 2012 geomagnetic storm now subsiding
A coronal mass ejection, or CME, from the sun caused Earth to experience a geomagnetic storm in the early morning hours of October 1, 2012.
October 1, 2012
