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A year of Earth from a million miles
Watch a full year of Earth's sunlit side, seen from a million miles away by the DSCOVR spacecraft.
July 24, 2016
Moon shadow in 2017 eclipse
Video depicting the moon's shadow path for the August 21, 2017 total eclipse of the sun, 1st eclipse over the continental U.S. since 1979.
July 23, 2016
Waiting for the storm
Anthony Lynch said he "waited all night for this storm in Ireland, but it missed us and went across the sea around 3 a.m."
July 23, 2016
Healthy forests need birds and bees
A new study shows that we humans can help maintain healthy forests by focusing conservation efforts on the protection of animal pollinators and seed dispersers.
July 22, 2016
The X at the center of the Milky Way
Computer models, and observations of our galaxy and others, suggested a Milky Way X, made of stars. An analysis of data from the WISE space telescope reveals it.
July 22, 2016
Moonrise over the Tetons
The Tetons are part of the Rocky Mountains in North America - mostly in Wyoming - south of Yellowstone National Park.
July 22, 2016
1st half of 2016 warmest on record
The 6-month period from January to June was our planet's warmest half-year in the modern temperature record, which dates to 1880.
July 21, 2016
Rainbow light in the mist, Sweden
What appears to be a corona, possibly caused by water droplets in a mist - or even by pollen - as the sun rises over Sweden.
July 21, 2016
Protoplanet blasted out Mare Imbrium
Mare Imbrium basin on the moon - the Man in the Moon's right eye - might have been made by a protoplanet-sized impact, 3.8 billion years ago.
July 20, 2016
Today in science: 1st Mars landing
40th anniversary of the first fully successful soft landing on Mars' surface, by the Viking 1 spacecraft. First images from Mars' surface, here.
July 20, 2016
