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Why do fatty foods taste so good?
Why do we like fatty foods so much? Fat gives foods some special qualities we like. Plus, the close tie between fat, flavor, fullness, and happiness might be an evolutionary adaptation.
January 20, 2017
Visualize the sun’s path through Milky Way
Sirius is easy to find. It's the sky's brightest star on the sky's dome. When you look at it, you're looking backwards along our solar system's path through the Milky Way galaxy.
January 20, 2017
2016 hottest year for 3rd straight year
NASA and NOAA announced today that 2016 was the hottest year on record globally - and the 3rd year in a row of record warming - continuing a decades-long warming trend.
January 19, 2017
Mars rover examines possible mud cracks
The site on Mars is called Old Soaker. It seems to have cracks, as in a dry lake bed. These may be Curiosity's 1st confirmed mud cracks. If so, they're keys to understanding an ancient, warmer, wetter Mars.
January 19, 2017
Moon, Jupiter, Jupiter’s moons
Jupiter and its Galilean moons with Earth's moon at the last quarter phase, captured Thursday morning.
January 19, 2017
Space sounds film competition, 2017
Both young and established filmmakers are invited to use real sound recorded in space in a new competition launched by Queen Mary University of London. Details here.
January 19, 2017
Moon, Jupiter, Spica January 18-20 before dawn
The moon is sweeping past Jupiter now, but - if you know where to look - you can find all 5 bright planets on these January 2017 nights. Charts and info here.
January 19, 2017
Solar system montage
A very cool composite of real images from an excellent astrophotographer.
January 19, 2017
Pluto team live on Facebook January 19
The New Horizons team will be discussing the historic Pluto encounter and the spacecraft's next target in the Kuiper Belt - live on Facebook - beginning at at 4 p.m. EST (21:00 UTC).
January 18, 2017
Watch soap bubbles freeze
A photographer in St. Paul, Minnesota captured this mesmerizing footage of soap bubbles freezing. It looks like time-lapse but it's actually in real time!
January 18, 2017
