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Blue whale, largest species on Earth, washes onto New Zealand beach
Officials say the whale, which is thought to weigh about 100 tons, is unlikely to be moved from its final resting place.
July 4, 2014
Video: A drone flies through fireworks
This video of fireworks from the inside is stunning. But not everyone agrees the making of it was a good idea.
July 4, 2014
ISS photobombed the sun this week
Spaceships and sunspots! Two great photos of ISS transiting the sun on June 30.
July 4, 2014
Earth passes between sun and Pluto on July 4
Pluto’s 2014 opposition comes just one year before the New Horizons spacecraft will encounter this distance world and its moons.
July 4, 2014
Watch, as a Pallas’s cat sees a camera outside its den
Watch a shy Pallas's cat in its mountain habitat in the Himalayas, as it realizes there's a camera outside its den. Aw!
July 4, 2014
Boom! Three perspectives on July 2 lightning strike at One World Trade Center
Three different photos of one awesome event.
July 3, 2014
Arthur becomes hurricane, threatens July 4 celebrations
Arthur has become the first named Atlantic hurricane of the 2014 season.
July 3, 2014
Europe got a fabulous display of noctilucent clouds on July 3
This has been a wonderful year for seeing these electric-blue clouds that shine at night.
July 3, 2014
This bird is a superstar
Fewer than 100 pairs of Spoon-billed Sandpipers remain in the wild. Their migration is long and arduous. This is the first hand-reared bird that's returned to breed.
July 3, 2014
Earthlike planet found orbiting double stars
Located 3,000 light-years away, this frozen world probably isn’t habitable, but the method for locating it might let other habitable planets be found.
July 3, 2014
