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Bright meteor over Australia on July 10 was a rocket reentry
That bright meteor over Australia - seen by many - was likely the reentry of the upper state of a Soyuz rocket, launched two days earlier. Video here.
July 10, 2014
410 million-year-old extinct spider crawls again
Fossils of an ancient extinct arachnid – one of the first predators on land – let scientists create this video showing the spider's crawl.
July 10, 2014
Arctic shorebirds may help disperse plants all the way to South America
Migrating Arctic shorebirds may play an important role in the long-distance dispersal of mosses and liverworts to remote regions in North and South America.
July 10, 2014
Electric blue night-shining clouds
2014 has been a great year for noctilucent, or night-shining, clouds, seen at high latitudes only from about mid-May to August. Wondrous, if you can catch them!
July 10, 2014
Astronomers invite you to help name exoplanets and their stars
The IAU is inviting all of us to help name exoplanets - distant planets outside our solar system - and their stars. Cool, yes?
July 9, 2014
Probiotics revisited: How – and if – they work
Stores are full of probiotic products, but are we any closer to understanding if and how they work?
July 9, 2014
Why are fruit flies boarding the International Space Station?
They're about to become genetic models for astronauts, to help explore the long-term effects of space flight and deep space travel.
July 9, 2014
A rare alignment of Ceres and Vesta
This week, Fred Espenak posted this wonderful photo, which shows the minor planets Ceres and Vesta, together on Earth's sky dome in late June and early July 2014.
July 9, 2014
Timelapse video of a microburst
This short timelapse video of a microburst in the desert, with images every 30 seconds, makes you feel nature’s awesome power.
July 8, 2014
The 7 biggest myths about your brain
You only use 10% of your brain. You're either left-brained or right-brained. Alcohol kills brain cells. Nah. All myths.
July 8, 2014
