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What happens if the sun disappears?
Some things that would happen here on Earth if our giant source of heat and light were to vanish from the sky, and how long it would take.
November 19, 2016
Nova in Sagittarius
There's a nova in the sky now. It's faint and requires a dark sky to be seen, but photos pick it up more easily. Astrophotographer Jeff Dai captured it from Thailand.
November 19, 2016
World from above
Can you find the photographer in this image from an island off the coast of Norway?
November 18, 2016
An underwater Stone Age settlement
Researchers have now mapped a preserved underwater site off the coast of Sweden. They think it was a lagoon where Mesolithic humans lived during parts of the year.
November 17, 2016
Great Valley found on Mercury
Scientists have discovered a Great Valley on Mercury, hundreds of miles long and sunken by as much as 2 miles (3 km) below the surrounding terrain.
November 17, 2016
A slushy ocean beneath Pluto’s heart?
A bulging, viscous, liquid ocean may lie beneath Pluto's heart-shaped Tombaugh Regio. If it exists, it solves a longstanding puzzle about this region.
November 17, 2016
Close lightning strike with slow motion
See video of a close and loud lightning strike. "It gave me a fright as the flash was bright and was accompanied by a very loud bang!" Video here.
November 17, 2016
Team solves mystery of London killer fog
A fog blanketed London in December 1952, killing as many as 12,000 people. Its exact cause and nature puzzled researchers for decades … until now.
November 16, 2016
China’s new feathered Mud Dragon dino
A Chinese construction crew unearthed a new dinosaur fossil. It had feathers and a beak. A scientist called it "one of the most beautiful, but saddest, fossils I’ve ever seen."
November 15, 2016
2016 likely hottest year on record
It'll be the hottest year on record unless the final weeks of 2016 are the coldest of the 21st century so far, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
November 15, 2016
