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Tropical Storm Dorian struggling
We still have plenty of time to monitor Tropical Storm Dorian before it hits any land areas. It is definitely a storm everyone should pay close attention to.
July 27, 2013
This date in science: “I am Jeremiah Dixon”
With Charles Mason, he established the Mason-Dixon line, which later marked a cultural boundary between the U.S. North and South.
July 27, 2013
Van Allen radiation belts have a particle accelerator
Scientists knew something accelerated particles in the belts to 99 percent the speed of light. New results show the acceleration energy comes from within the belts themselves.
July 26, 2013
New sharp image of Whirlpool Galaxy
A new camera on a telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson has given us this beautiful view of the Whirlpool, which is also called M51.
July 26, 2013
View from a Pacific coast mountaintop
San Francisco photographer Meggie Raeder captures the view from Fremont Peak, near San Francisco.
July 26, 2013
Dolphins call each other by name
“Our results present the first case of naming in mammals, providing a clear parallel between dolphin and human communication." - Marine biologist Vincent Janik
July 25, 2013
New discoveries about quasars
“For the first time, we are able to see the actual extent to which these quasars and their black holes can affect their galaxies," - Astronomer Kevin Hainline
July 25, 2013
Limits to galactic growth
When a galaxy makes too many stars too quickly, it reduces its capacity for making stars in the future. Now astronomers have the first detailed images of this self-limiting galactic behavior.
July 25, 2013
Don’t miss this photo of Phobos
ESA's Mars Express spacecraft captured this photo of Phobos - the larger of Mars two moons - orbiting in front of its planet.
July 25, 2013
An ancient underwater forest in the Gulf of Mexico
"You feel like you are in some sort of fairy world, with these huge stumps covered in anemones and crabs, and swarms of fish swimming all around you." - Ben Raines
July 24, 2013
