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Vast river network once flowed across Sahara
Scientists have captured amazing new radar images of a paleoriver network underneath the desert sands of the Sahara.
December 8, 2015
End of 2015 hurricane season
Below-normal Atlantic hurricane season, but active eastern and central Pacific season shatters records.
December 7, 2015
Amazing photos of moon and Venus
Throughout the day on Monday, as the hours ticked by, the moon moved closer to Venus and ultimately passed in front of it. More photos!
December 7, 2015
Closest Pluto images ever returned
New images from New Horizons' July flyby of Pluto are among the sharpest of another world, other than those closely orbited or landed upon.
December 7, 2015
Greenland icy, not green, when colonized?
A new study questions the popular notion that 10th-century Vikings were able to colonize Greenland because of unusually warm weather.
December 7, 2015
Cygnus resupply mission blasts off
Commercial space station resupply launch success! The Cygnus spacecraft is at last on its way to the International Space Station, carrying vital food and supplies.
December 7, 2015
Video: Is hypnosis real?
Here's what science says. A fun new video from the AsapSCIENCE guys.
December 4, 2015
Early Geminid fireball over Tucson
Geminids meteors are beginning to fly. The shower peaks on the night of December 13.
December 4, 2015
Two powerful volcanos erupted this week
Europe's Mount Etna and Nicaragua's Momotombo both erupted spectacularly in this first week of December, 2015.
December 4, 2015
LISA Pathfinder lifts off
LISA Pathfinder - forerunner of a mission that, it is hoped, will detect gravitational waves from space - lifted off at 4:04 GMT (12:04 a.m. EST) on on December 3, 2015.
December 3, 2015
