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Before and after images of enormous landslide in Alaska
The landslide on the slopes of Mount La Perouse in Alaska on February 16, 2014 is thought to be the largest known natural landslide on Earth since 2010.
March 18, 2014
Almost snack time for our galaxy’s supermassive black hole
Telescopes around the world are turning to our galaxy’s center, to watch our Milky Way's supermassive black hole consume a gas cloud.
March 18, 2014
Overgrazing by deer is changing the face of U.S. forests
Deer's natural predators, wolves, have been exterminated. Today, overgrazing by deer in hugely multiplied numbers is affecting forests.
March 18, 2014
Last night’s moon, planet Mars, star Spica
Cath Cooper - and others in EarthSky's community - caught last night's beautiful waning gibbous moon, red planet Mars and blue-white Spica, brightest star in Virgo.
March 18, 2014
Do elephants make alarm call that means ‘humans!’?
A new study suggests that elephants make a specific rumble in response to the danger of humans that's distinct from calls warning of bees or other threats.
March 17, 2014
First direct evidence of cosmic inflation
Astrophysicists say this work offers new insights into some of our most basic questions: Why do we exist? How did the universe begin?
March 17, 2014
Astronomers map out Earth’s place in the universe
Where are we? Astronomers have created a map that shows our Milky Way galaxy and its immediate neighborhood in the universe.
March 17, 2014
Look at the March full moon!
Images of the March 16 full moon from all around the world
March 17, 2014
Full moon over the Acropolis
Last night's full moon rising over the Acropolis of Athens, Greece
March 17, 2014
Space rainbow: Glory seen in Venus atmosphere
For the first time, a spacecraft has imaged a rainbow-like feature known as a ‘glory’ on another planet.
March 15, 2014
