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Rescuing 11 elephants from a mud hole
Asian elephants got stuck in a mud-filled old bomb crater in Cambodia. A collaborative rescue effort saved them all.
April 8, 2017
Raindrops like tiny suns
After a spring rain .... in this photo by John Entwistle, raindrops sparkle like tiny suns.
April 8, 2017
New Hubble image of Jupiter
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system - some 88,789 miles (142,984 km) at its equator. We pass between Jupiter and the sun this week, and Hubble Space Telescope looked its way.
April 7, 2017
Red ring of light over Eastern Europe
The enormous ring of light that appeared in the night sky on April 2 - above a thunderstorm in the Czech Republic - was a rare and fleeting lightning phenomenon.
April 6, 2017
Use zip code to attract birds to your yard
Audubon website lets you enter your zip code to see a list of the best bird-friendly plants for your yard. Plus a free app to identify the birds you see.
April 6, 2017
2017 California desert superbloom
After 5 years of exceptional drought, California deserts have exploded with “superblooms” of wildflowers following the wet winter.
April 5, 2017
Close pass from asteroid 2017 GM!
Asteroid 2017 GM is one of the 10 closest asteroids known so far to sweep past Earth, and then keep going. At its closest, it was less than 1/20th of the moon's mean distance.
April 4, 2017
Milky Way and zodiacal light
Which one looks brighter to you? One is the combined light of many stars. The other is the light of our own star, the sun, reflecting on grains of dust.
April 3, 2017
Asteroid close encounter on April 2
The near-Earth asteroid 2017 FU102 has a very close, but safe, encounter with Earth on April 2, 2017, sweeping to within just over half the moon's distance.
April 2, 2017
