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Starquake sets magnetar ringing like a bell
Astronomers have observed signals from a highly magnetized neutron star, indicating starquakes that set the neutron star ringing like a bell.
October 23, 2014
Video: 3D flight over Mars chaotic terrain
Get out your 3D glasses and watch a flyover of the weird landforms on Mars know as chaotic terrain.
October 23, 2014
Sun may delay plans for sending humans to Mars
Less solar activity indicates a weaker magnetic field on the sun. A weak field lets cosmic rays into the solar system, posing a radiation hazard for astronauts.
October 23, 2014
View from space: Southwestern U.S. at night
Two cool nighttime photos by astronauts aboard the ISS. Check out the bright city lights.
October 22, 2014
Orionid meteors 2014
The Orionid meteor shower peaked on the morning of Tuesday, October 21, 2014. But you might still see meteors in this annual shower.
October 21, 2014
New 3D map of the cosmic web
A team of astronomers has created the first three-dimensional map of the adolescent universe, just 3 billion years after the Big Bang.
October 21, 2014
Video: Solar eclipse on October 23
Weather permitting, almost everyone in North America will be able to see the partial solar eclipse this Thursday.
October 20, 2014
Best photos: Comet Siding Spring sweeps past Mars
A sight never seen before in recorded history ... an encounter between Mars and a close-passing comet on October 19, 2014.
October 20, 2014
How often might Hawaii get a monster tsunami?
Scientists say that the tsunami that hit Japan in 2011 was a thousand-year event. A monster wave might strike Hawaii about as often.
October 20, 2014
New seafloor map reveals thousands of seamounts
A new global map of the ocean, made with satellite data, reveals thousands of previously uncharted seamounts.
October 20, 2014
