Auroras seen at high and mid-latitudes this weekend

As expected, the March 15 coronal mass ejection or CME from the sun caused auroras, or northern lights, at high and mid latitudes.

See Jupiter near moon in daytime sky on March 17 or 18

March 2013 offers the best chance for the next 12 years to see Jupiter near the moon in a blue daytime sky.

Favorite photos of Comet PANSTARRS

Your photos - the best photos - the most recent photos - of this wonderful comet, now visiting the March 2013 skies as seen throughout the world.

Party at Stonehenge. Date 2,500 B.C.

Stonehenge may be older and may have had a different function than previously thought, according to new research from British archaeologists.

Video: 15,000 volts of electricity into a plywood board

What happens when you apply 15,000 volts of electricity to a wooden board? Something quite spectacular.

Video: Harlem shake lab edition

Video of students at Northwestern University doing the Harlem Shake in lab.

Man reunites with gorilla after five years apart

Conservationist Damien Aspinall reunites with the gorilla he raised, five years after the gorilla was released into the wild.

Scientists describe case of child born with HIV, now cured

It's the first documented case of a child born with HIV and later cured with aggressive drug treatment.

Where does our sense of time come from?

Our sense of time is mutable, stemming at least in part from our ongoing experience of the external world.

What exploded over Russia? Watch two videos with new answers

Two videos present the latest results - as of February 26, 2013 - on the meteor that exploded over Russia on February 15.

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