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Newly named dinosaur had a keen nose
It was a fierce predator, "not a dinosaur you'd want to mess with," said the scientist whose analysis of an ancient skull revealed a brand new species.
May 21, 2015
Video: Paddle boarders meet orcas
Imagine you're paddle-boarding, and an orca - killer whale - pops up on the ocean surface near you. Two amazing and beautiful videos, here.
May 21, 2015
SpaceX Dragon is back on Earth
SpaceX confirmed splashdown of Dragon in Pacific Ocean at 12:42 pm ET (1642 UTC), 155 miles SW of Long Beach, California.
May 21, 2015
Why your fingertips wrinkle when wet
If you place your fingertips in water for a few minutes, they begin to look wrinked. Why?
May 21, 2015
Oldest stone tools found in Kenya
The tools, whose makers may or may not have been some sort of human ancestor, date back to 3.3 million years ago.
May 20, 2015
North Atlantic circulation slowing down already?
A predicted global warming effect is a slowdown in North Atlantic Ocean circulation. New research shows recent decreases that are unprecedented in the past 1,100 years.
May 20, 2015
Opah, the first truly warm-blooded fish
It circulates heated blood through its body as mammals and birds do. Its warm blood makes the opah a high-performance predator that swims faster, sees better.
May 20, 2015
See it! Best photos of moon, Venus, Jupiter
Photos from EarthSky community of the young moon, and bright planets Venus and Jupiter on these May evenings, 2015. Watch for them in the west!
May 20, 2015
LightSail launch success!
Sailing on sunbeams. LightSail successfully launched May 20 at 11:05am EDT (1505 UTC). Info on how to follow from here, below.
May 20, 2015
A balancing rock on Rosetta’s comet?
In close-up images via the orbiting Rosetta spacecraft, the rock looks poised like a ballerina, with only a tiny fraction of its surface touching the ground.
May 19, 2015
