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Could cockroaches survive a nuclear apocalypse?
Cockroaches have a reputation for resilience, even when it comes to surviving a nuclear bomb and radiation - but will they really outlive us all?
February 23, 2019
Watch: Aurora borealis over HAARP
Never-before-seen footage of night skies over the HAARP antenna array in remote northern Alaska.
February 20, 2019
Stonehenge mystery solved?
A new study suggests that Europe's ancient megaliths, including Stonehenge, might have stemmed from a single hunter-gatherer culture in what's now northwestern France.
February 17, 2019
Just for fun: Tour alien worlds
Some fun multimedia from NASA, including (free) Exoplanet Travel Bureau posters, cool 360-degree visualizations, and a journey into the life and death of planetary system.
February 11, 2019
Stargazing destinations: Yellowknife
This 3rd episode of an ongoing stargazing video series - called Chasing Darkness - is from Yellowknife, Canada. It features the magnificent northern lights.
February 10, 2019
Weird winter water: Steaming lakes, thundersnow, slurpee waves
An atmospheric scientist explains why water can do some strange-looking things at very cold temperatures, and what's different about snowfalls on Mars.
February 6, 2019
A plan to create artificial meteors
Everyone loves a good meteor shower, but what about an artificial one? A Japanese company plans to create one and has just launched hundreds of pellets to space. They'll ultimately rain down again in colorful displays.
February 5, 2019
Listen: Is our universe a hologram?
A scientist explains one of the most mind-blowing ideas in physics in under 5 minutes.
February 3, 2019
Stargazing destinations: Oregon
Here's the 2nd video in the Chasing Darkness series, a stargazing destination guide. This episode: Skies over Oregon's Cascade Mountains and Alvord Desert.
January 31, 2019
Polar vortex 2019 photos and videos
Here's a glimpse of what the bone-chilling conditions in the U.S. Midwest this week look like.
January 31, 2019
