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Comet ISON on November 10, 2013
Comet ISON's two tails are a sign that the comet is drawing closer, and closer, to the sun that binds it in orbit. It'll be closest to the sun on November 28.
November 12, 2013
Sun’s magnetic field about to flip
This reversal happens every 11 years and is tied to the sun's cycle of activity, now near its peak. The effects of the reversal will ripple throughout the solar system.
November 11, 2013
Shock veins in Russian meteorite helped it break up
Damage from the February 15, 2013 meteor explosion over Chelyabinsk, Russia would have been more severe if the rock hadn’t fragmented high up in the atmosphere.
November 11, 2013
Waste could help fuel low carbon energy and transport
"The type of fuels must change, and we have to reverse the trend of increasing traffic volumes; but that doesn’t mean the way we transport ourselves has to change drastically.” - Göran Finnveden
November 11, 2013
View from space: The sun flares up
The sun emitted a significant solar flare that peaked at 1:14 a.m. EST on Nov. 10, 2013.
November 11, 2013
Babies’ weak immune systems may benefit them
Newborns' immune systems may be deliberately suppressed to help them make friends with microbes.
November 11, 2013
Typhoon Haiyan makes landfall in Vietnam, pushes into China, today
Typhoon Haiyan is about to hit Vietnam and China. Meanwhile, another disturbance could affect the Philippines by the middle of the week. Not good!
November 10, 2013
Follow your own path
Mike Taylor shot this photo in the Maine woods facing toward a warm autumn sun.
November 10, 2013
New hammerhead shark species discovered
The Carolina hammerhead had long eluded discovery because it is outwardly indistinguishable from the common scalloped hammerhead.
November 10, 2013
NASA’s Hubble sees asteroid spout six comet-like tails
Comets are icy and sometimes have tails. Asteroids are rocky or metallic and typically don't have tails. But this asteroid has six tails and rotates like a lawn sprinkler.
November 10, 2013
