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Habitable environment on Martian volcano?
A volcano erupting under an immense glacier would have created large lakes of liquid water on Mars in the relatively recent past. And where there’s water, there's the possibility of life.
May 28, 2014
A gamma ray burst from the Andromeda galaxy yesterday? No.
No GRB in M31. False alarm. Darn.
May 28, 2014
New image of seafloor zone where Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might lie
A new illustration of the seafloor, created by two of the world’s leading ocean floor mapping experts, details underwater terrain where the missing Malaysia Airlines flight might be located.
May 27, 2014
April 2014 tied with warmest on record, or second-warmest
Yes, some of us in North America have been shivering this spring. But our local weather is not the whole story.
May 27, 2014
Scientists: Superbug threat as grave as climate change
Infectious disease specialists spoke out last week about the poor response of the world so far to the dire threat of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria.
May 25, 2014
NASA’s 3.2 gigapixel mosaic of … us
Last Earth Day, NASA asked us take pictures of ourselves and post to social media using the hashtag #GlobalSelfie. And here's the result.
May 23, 2014
Before and after pics of new crater on Mars
On or about March 27, 2012, an asteroid must have struck Mars to create a new 50-meter-wide crater. NASA pinned down the date with a spacecraft orbiting Mars.
May 23, 2014
May 21 video of parent comet for Friday night’s meteor shower
Comet 209P/LINEAR is small and dim. We won't see it with the eye. But, Friday night, we might see its debris in the form of a strong, new meteor shower!
May 22, 2014
Meet star cluster NGC 3590
This star cluster - called NGC 3590 - isn't just pretty. It's also helping astronomers understand the Milky Way galaxy in which our sun and Earth reside.
May 21, 2014
