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Gaze toward Milky Way center on July 17
Sure, the moon's glare will obscure our view the stars tonight. Still, a glance up at tonight's moon is a look in direction to the center of our galaxy.
July 17, 2016
Researchers recreate 1st steps on dry land
In a groundbreaking study, researchers explored a key evolutionary transition - from animals living in water to living on land - using a robot called MuddyBot.
July 16, 2016
Noctilucent clouds over Europe last week
Time-lapse video of the amazing noctilucent cloud display over northern Europe on July 12-14, 2016. Adrien Mauduit called it a "storm" of these clouds.
July 16, 2016
Watch wind flowing across US in real time
The wind map updates every hour and lets you see the movement, flow, and speeds of wind across the United States. Go see it! It's great!
July 16, 2016
New microscopic view of ocean floor life
Underwater microscope provides new views of ocean-floor sea creatures in their natural setting.
July 16, 2016
Mercury-Venus conjunction on July 16
On July 16, 2016, an awesome conjunction of our sun's 2 innermost planets, only half a degree (a moon diameter) apart. Will you be able to spot it?
July 16, 2016
Gamma ray bursts and pencil-thin jets
Stellar mergers that cause gamma ray bursts might make pencil-thin jets. If true, since most jets won't be pointed our way, we'll see no sign of most mergers.
July 15, 2016
Fishing hut in Sweden
A little fishing cottage on the Swedish coast beneath the vast Milky Way.
July 15, 2016
1.2 million galaxies in 3D
A new map of the universe - based on observations of 1.2 million galaxies - confirms cosmologists' theories about the web of galaxies making up our universe as a whole.
July 15, 2016
Moon photobombs Earth
In early July, a satellite camera caught the moon crossing the face of Earth.
July 14, 2016
