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February full moon aka the Snow Moon
The February 25, 2013 full moon over the Bothnian Sea between Finland and Sweden.
February 26, 2013
Rethinking wind power
Harvard research suggests real-world generating capacity of wind farms at large scales has been overestimated.
February 25, 2013
Future evidence for extraterrestrial life might come from dying stars
Even dying stars could host planets with life. And if such life exists, we might be able to detect it within the next decade.
February 25, 2013
Late February 2013 looks stormy for U.S.
The groundhog's prediction of an early spring in 2013 looks highly unlikely now for the U.S. Late February and early March look active and stormy!
February 25, 2013
Last night’s moonrise over Tehachapi
The full moon is February 25, 2013 as seen from much of the world. But the moon looks full for a day or so on either side of full.
February 25, 2013
Video: A 1967 version of the Office of the Future
In this 1967 video clip, Walter Cronkite shows us the office of the future. His predictions, though visually dated, are more accurate than you might expect.
February 24, 2013
Animated GIFs of deep space objects in 3D
These animated images - created via artificial volumetric models - help convey the idea of what these space objects must really be like.
February 24, 2013
Self-portrait of Curiosity rover on Mars
Self-portrait of the Mars Curiosity rover on a flat, rocky perch in the Yellowknife Bay region of Mars' Gale Crater.
February 24, 2013
Glowing jet from a young star
Located 460 light-years away in the constellation of Taurus (The Bull), near to the young, tumultuous star HL Tau, HH151,shown below, is a bright jet of glowing material trailed by an intricate plume of gas and dust.
February 23, 2013
Fruit flies force their young to drink alcohol – for their own good
The fruit fly study adds to the evidence "that using toxins in the environment to medicate offspring may be common across the animal kingdom," says biologist Todd Schlenke.
February 22, 2013
