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Northern lights reflections, in Maine
A meteor streaks overhead ... an aurora reflects in a pond.
March 11, 2016
See Earth in Mars’ night sky
If you were standing on Mars, you could see Earth and the moon as two bright evening or morning "stars." A Mars rover captured this image of Earth in Mars' sky.
March 10, 2016
Scientists reconstruct supervolcanic eruption
Scientists estimate that slow, dense pyroclastic flows blanketed the southwestern U.S. after the enormous eruption at Silver Creek 18.8 million years ago.
March 10, 2016
Amazing lightning time-lapse from Zimbabwe
Video of 20 spectacular cloud-to-ground lightning strikes that took place on a single afternoon in Mutare, Zimbabwe.
March 10, 2016
Dawn at Ceres reveals mystery features
Since Dawn slid into orbit on March 6, 2015, the spacecraft has found at least 2 mysterious features on Ceres - a dome-shaped mountain and the famous bright spots.
March 9, 2016
Dodos weren’t so dumb after all
New research suggests that dodo birds might have been quite intelligent.
March 9, 2016
First of year’s 6 supermoons March 9
We'll have six supermoons in 2016. The first one is a new moon supermoon, not visible in our sky.
March 9, 2016
Meteorite reveals rare unstable element
A pink meteorite inclusion nicknamed Curious Marie shows that a highly unstable element, curium, was present in the early solar system.
March 9, 2016
Supermoon total solar eclipse March 8-9
The first supermoon of 2016 also presents the first eclipse of the year, a total eclipse of the sun on March 8-9, 2016, visible from Indonesia and the Pacific.
March 8, 2016
What eclipse-watching looks like
Eclipse fans have gone to the various islands in Indonesia - in the Pacific - to watch the March 8-9, 2016 total eclipse of the sun.
March 8, 2016
