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Tonga’s newest island: Before and after views
Last December, an undersea volcano exploded to life in the Polynesian island kingdom of Tonga. The eruption created a new island.
May 4, 2015
Aerosols from Chile’s Calbuco volcano reach Africa
The aerosols from the eruption of Calbuco volcano in Chile caused vivid sunsets in South America last week. Now they've crossed the South Atlantic, to Africa.
May 3, 2015
Crescent comet
The co-orbit around the sun of the Rosetta spacecraft and Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko lets the spacecraft see the comet, at times, in a crescent phase.
May 3, 2015
Supernova missing link in gamma-ray burst mystery
Why do some supernovae produce gamma-ray bursts, while others don't? The answer may lie in the swirling disk - and powerful jets - that some supernovae leave behind.
May 2, 2015
Water abundant in first billion years after Big Bang?
Water vapor could have been just as abundant in pockets of space a billion years after the Big Bang as it is today, according to new research.
May 1, 2015
Man sings “If I only had a brain” during MRI
While he sings, watch what's going on inside his head.
May 1, 2015
MESSENGER ends mission, crashes into Mercury
Mission control confirmed end of operations at 3:40 p.m. EDT (1934 UTC), when no signal was detected by NASA’s Deep Space Network station at Goldstone.
April 30, 2015
MESSENGER’s final image from Mercury
A last image from the MESSENGER spacecraft before crashing onto Mercury's surface on Thursday. So long, MESSENGER, and thank you.
April 30, 2015
Who loves rainbows?
April showers brought these rainbows. Enjoy these awesome photos from our friends!
April 30, 2015
Mercury and the Pleiades
The elusive planet Mercury and the lovely Seven Sisters are low in the west after sunset now. Watch for them.
April 30, 2015
