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Cool discovery about the sun’s next-door twin
A cool layer in the atmosphere of Alpha Centauri A has been detected, the first time this has been seen in a star beyond our own Sun.
February 20, 2013
Slow sunrise sweeping across moon’s near side
In this sequence of images from February 17, 2013, you can notice the line of sunrise moving on the moon's face. It's subtle ...
February 20, 2013
Video: What is the universe? (in 2 minutes)
The universe explained in two minutes.
February 19, 2013
Seals sleep with only half their brain at a time, says study
A new study led by an international team of biologists has identified some of the brain chemicals that allow seals to sleep with half of their brain at a time.
February 19, 2013
High-altitude archaeologists to probe prehistoric Himalayas
A team of archaeologists from the University of York are to travel to the roof of the world to discover, survey, and record mountain archaeology in the Nepalese Himalayas.
February 19, 2013
Quaoar, a rocky world orbiting beyond Neptune
Artist's impression of 50,000 Quaoar, a small rocky world with its own moon, a billion kilometers beyond Pluto.
February 19, 2013
Cushion plants help other plants survive
Study show that cushion plants create protective environments in the most inhospitable places for plants on earth for those species that are less tolerant to stress.
February 18, 2013
Video: Another beautiful capture of asteroid 2012 DA14
Video of February 15 flyby of 2012 DA14, as it passed inside the moon's orbit last Friday. This one is beautiful in its simplicity.
February 18, 2013
Video: Best video capture of February 15 close-passing asteroid
A decaying meteor train, plus the asteroid 2012 DA14, are captured moving in the same frame of this great video from astrophotographer Colin Legg in Australia.
February 18, 2013
View from space: Russian meteor entering Earth’s atmosphere
The February 15 meteor over Russia, this time as viewed from above.
February 18, 2013
