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The chain fountain video is amazing
It's looks like a magic trick, but it's really a problem in the physics of everyday things.
March 6, 2014
A river of plasma guards us from solar storms
MIT scientists identify a plasma plume that naturally protects the Earth against high-energy solar activity.
March 6, 2014
Shark studies go electronic
Shark-cams, sensors, electronic pills reveal sharks' secrets.
March 6, 2014
Hubble Telescope sees asteroid mysteriously break in pieces
Asteroid P/2013 R3 has been caught in the act of breaking into pieces. This is the first time astronomers have seen an asteroid break up.
March 6, 2014
Another asteroid flies through Earth-moon system on Thursday
For the second time in two days, an asteroid is sweeping safely through the Earth-moon system. How to watch online.
March 6, 2014
Where in the U.S. you’re most likely to be struck by lightning
One moment you're strolling across the golf course. The next moment your body is wracked with the searing pain of 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
March 6, 2014
Lightning, seen from space
NASA routinely studies lightning space to aid in weather forecasting. A new instrument is being planning for a 2016 launch.
March 6, 2014
Zodiacal light in Monument Valley, Arizona
Zodiacal light - also called the false dusk - and the natural totem poles in Monument Valley, Arizona.
March 6, 2014
Monster black hole spins at half the speed of light
Light speed is about 300,000 kilometers per second (186,000 miles per second), so this black hole is spinning almost unbelievably fast.
March 5, 2014
Watch online as asteroid sweeps within moon’s distance today
Watch online as asteroid 2014 DX110 sweep closer than the moon on Wednesday, March 5.
March 5, 2014
