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Diverse microbes found deep beneath Antarctic ice sheet
Nearly 4,000 species of microorganisms were found in the cold, dark waters of Lake Whillans, which sits about half a mile below Antarctica’s ice sheet.
October 8, 2014
Join EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd at online viewing of total lunar eclipse
Slooh.com invites stargazers worldwide for an online viewing of the total eclipse of the moon on October 8. Deborah Byrd will be on hand as a special guest.
October 7, 2014
Is the October 8, 2014 full moon a supermoon?
There's disagreement on whether the October 8, 2014 full moon should be called a supermoon. If it is one, it's a super Hunter's Blood Moon ... in eclipse.
October 7, 2014
Are you ready for tonight’s total lunar eclipse?
Total lunar eclipse of April 14-15, 2014 by EarthSky friend and NASA eclipse expert Fred Espenak.
October 7, 2014
AIDS pandemic origin was 1920s Kinshasa, says study
Between the 1920s and 1950s, a perfect storm of population growth, sex and railway links let HIV to spread from Kinshasa in Africa, across the globe.
October 6, 2014
Rosetta’s comet is spouting jets
Wow! The Rosetta spacecraft is now seeing jets from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as the comet draws in closer to the sun.
October 5, 2014
Large section of Aral Sea completely dried up for first time in modern history
The Aral Sea - once the fourth largest inland sea in the world - has been shrinking markedly since the 1960s. Now its eastern basin has completely dried.
October 3, 2014
Sunset in Glacier National Park
Beautiful sunset in northern Montana's Glacier National Park by Sashikanth Chintia Photography.
October 3, 2014
35,000 walrus come ashore in Alaska
Pacific walrus that can't find sea ice for resting in Arctic waters are coming ashore in record numbers on a beach in northwest Alaska.
October 2, 2014
