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Kepler discovers a wobbly planet with weird seasons
On Earth, the cycle of precession lasts 26,000 years. The planet Kepler-413b precesses, or wobbles, wildly on its spin axis, in a cycle of only 11 years.
February 5, 2014
A star set to explode
Scientists say the object nicknamed SBW1 will someday explode as a supernova.
February 5, 2014
Where the Curiosity rover is now on Mars
The Curiosity rover is in a particularly interesting place now, creeping across a sand dune in a place called Dingo Gap on Mars. Breathtaking images!
February 4, 2014
Full video of Felix Baumgartner’s supersonic leap from 24 miles up
Baumgartner's jump came 65 years to the day after Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in a plane. But Baumgartner went supersonic using just his body.
February 4, 2014
Amazing new image of Saturn’s puzzling hexagon
Saturn's hexagon is a long-lived weather pattern at the planet's north pole, first spotted by Voyager 1 in 1980.
February 4, 2014
Last night’s moon over Sweden
The February 3 moon, seen from Sweden, by Jörgen Norrland Andersson
February 4, 2014
Dinosaur discovered in 2008 now known among largest land animals
Bone structure indicates that it was a juvenile, estimated to be 60 feet (18 meters) long. An adult would have been much larger.
February 3, 2014
Cypress swamp in Swan Quarter, North Carolina
Cool colors in a cypress swamp in Lake Mattamuskeet, Swan Quarter, North Carolina.
February 2, 2014
Largest human migration takes place around now
Hundreds of millions return to their home villages around the Chinese New Year. In a week to 10 days, 3.6 billion passenger miles are clocked on trains, buses, and cars.
February 1, 2014
View from space: Site of Superbowl XLVIII
A satellite view of the Meadowlands in in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It's the Superbowl's first northern, cold-weather venue.
February 1, 2014
