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Stand on Mars, look around
Of course you can't really stand on Mars. But you can do the next best thing with this cool new 360-degree interactive panorama from NASA's Curiosity rover. Notice the settling dust!
September 9, 2018
Venus, she or it?
Are you interested in the famous 8-year cycle of Venus? The charts in this post - from astronomer Guy Ottewell - illustrate it. Also, weigh in on whether you think we should describe Venus as she or it!
September 9, 2018
Lavender field under the Milky Way
Lavender, lavender, lavender and stars! Grafixart Sam captured this image on a summer night in the Provence region of France.
September 8, 2018
How black holes bring white dwarfs back to life
White dwarfs are the dead remnants of larger, once-active stars like our sun. But black holes can reignite them.
September 8, 2018
Asteroid Itokawa gives up its secrets
Itokawa is the 1st asteroid from which samples were obtained and returned to Earth. From these samples, scientists have figured out Itokawa's true age and geologic history.
September 8, 2018
4 planets from Hong Kong
Photographer Matthew Chin captured planets Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Venus in the sky over Yuen Long, Hong Kong on September 6, 208.
September 8, 2018
Wildlife hotspots thanks to livestock dung heaps?
Some of the African savannah’s most biologically diverse wildlife hotspots owe their vitality to heaps of manure deposited over thousands of years by livestock of wandering herders, says a new study.
September 7, 2018
South Carolina sunrise
Fran Aquino captured Monday's sunrise on Garden City Beach, South Carolina. Gorgeous!
September 7, 2018
Watch online, as asteroid 2018 RC sweeps past
Asteroid 2018 RC will sweep past at about half the moon's distance during the night of September 8, according to clocks in the Americas. Learn how to see it online.
September 6, 2018
Hear the sounds of the sun
Listen to the vibration of the sun. "It has a warmth to it. It's just enough where I can almost feel the sound on my skin."
September 6, 2018
