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What to expect from El Niño
The third-recorded super El Niño is underway. Top climate expert Kevin Trenberth reports.
January 10, 2016
EarthSky News with Deborah Byrd
All the news you can fit into outer space LIVE on Slooh.com Mondays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. ET (1530 UTC). Or watch right here!
January 7, 2016
Four new elements added to periodic table
The new elements - elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 - complete the periodic table's seventh row and make science textbooks around the world instantly out-of-date.
January 6, 2016
What is the Anthropocene?
Soon, scientists will decide whether the word Anthropocene should be formally added to the Geologic Time Scale. It indicates a world shaped by human beings.
January 4, 2016
Earth ABCs from space
HNY - Happy New Year! All 26 letters of the alphabet, spelled out in Earth's features as seen from orbit.
January 1, 2016
Why does the new year begin on January 1?
New Year's Day is a civil event. Its date isn't precisely fixed by any natural seasonal marker.
January 1, 2016
Giant squid surfaces in Japanese harbor
Rare encounter with a giant squid. First one caught on camera was in 2012.
December 29, 2015
Dark skies disappearing
Earth's night skies are lighter, thanks to towns, cities and industrial complexes. How that affects astronomy ... as well as birds, insects and people.
December 28, 2015
NASA suspends 2016 launch of InSight Mars mission
NASA has called off the planned March 2016 launch of the InSight mission to Mars, following failure to repair a leaky instrument in the science payload.
December 24, 2015
