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You might see some meteors in early September
The peak of the Aurigid meteor shower has passed, but you still might see meteors in early September. Expect a handful each hour in a clear, dark sky.
September 1, 2013
Newly forming star stretched a light-year long
Hot, bright stars generate harsh stellar winds that are blast ultraviolet radiation toward a protostar, sculpting it into the light-year-long shape seen here.
September 1, 2013
Jupiter and moon before dawn on August 31
People around the world enjoyed seeing the bright planet Jupiter near the waning crescent moon on the morning of August 31, 2013.
August 31, 2013
Rover Curiosity sees Martian moon Phobos eclipse the sun
When Phobos passed in front of the sun, it created an annular or "ring" eclipse. That is, the sun's surface appeared in a ring around the little moon in silhouette.
August 30, 2013
Magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocks Alaska’s Aleutian Islands
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Adak, Alaska earlier today (August 30, 2013). No immediate reports of injuries or serious damage. No tsunami warning.
August 30, 2013
Scientists create mini human brains in lab
Researchers have developed complex human brain tissue in a 3-D culture system that allows pluripotent stem cells to develop into cerebral organoids - or "mini brains" - that consist of several discrete brain regions.
August 30, 2013
Mega-canyon discovered beneath Greenland ice
Hidden for all of human history, a 460 mile long canyon has been discovered below Greenland's ice sheet.
August 30, 2013
This bird was unknown to science
Scientists say the discovery of this Herpsilochmus stotzi, and 14 other new Amazonian bird species, highlight how little we really know about species diversity in the Amazon.
August 30, 2013
Chaco Canyon skies protected with dark sky park designation
The Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico has just been named the International Dark-Sky Association's newest Dark Sky Park.
August 30, 2013
Discoveries in the Amazon: 15 new bird species
Birds' formal description printed in special volume of Handbook of the Birds of the World. Not since 1871 have so many bird species been introduced under a single cover.
August 29, 2013
