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Cloud shadow
The sun is behind the cloud. It looks as if the shadow is also behind the cloud, but that's just a trick of perspective.
November 20, 2015
Venus, Mars, Jupiter and meteor
Alignment of Venus, Mars, Jupiter and a meteor on the ecliptic plane. Not a large meteor but a little gem of color.
November 19, 2015
Taurid fireballs photos and videos 2015
The Leonids were sparse this year, but 2015 has been an incredible year for the long-lasting shower Taurids. Photos and video here.
November 19, 2015
Top 10 most dangerous volcanoes
At the number one spot is the Japanese island of Iwo Jima.
November 18, 2015
Most Earthlike exoplanet is uninhabitable
Kepler-438b - 470 light years from Earth - ranks highest on the Earth Similarity Index. But radiation from its violent parent star makes it uninhabitable.
November 18, 2015
Mars rover heads for active dunes
No Mars rover has yet visited a sand dune, as opposed to smaller sand ripples or drifts. Curiosity will visit actual Mars dunes in the next few days.
November 17, 2015
6 million years of human evolution in 1 minute
Mesmerizing reconstructions of long-lost human ancestors - created using fossil discoveries and forensic techniques - from a 2013 book published by Yale Press.
November 17, 2015
6.5-magnitude earthquake in Greece
Two are reported dead in the 6.5-magnitude earthquake, which struck just off the western Greek island of Lefkada on the morning of November 17.
November 17, 2015
China’s new radio telescope
The construction of FAST - China's new radio telescope - is proceeding on schedule. When completed in 2016, it'll be the largest radio telescope in the world.
November 17, 2015
Astronomers take a galaxy’s pulse
Astronomers had not considered the effect of variable stars on the light of distant galaxies. A new technique lets them measure the galaxies' "heartbeats."
November 16, 2015
