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Historic rainfall floods southeast India
More rain fell in 24 hours - in the city of Chennai, India - on December 1-2, 2015, than since 1901.
December 9, 2015
Success for Japan’s Akatsuki Venus probe!
Akatsuki failed to reach orbit five years ago. Now The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirms it's circling Venus.
December 9, 2015
Using light to simulate time travel
Most work on time travel has focused on its theoretical aspects, but there are also attempts to simulate the effects of time travel experimentally.
December 9, 2015
Looking for meteorites in Antarctica
One-minute video on searching the Antarctic ice sheet for meteorites from outer space.
December 9, 2015
Strong earthquake off Indonesia’s Ambon island
USGS reports a 6.9-magnitude quake this morning - a strong earthquake - in the ocean near Indonesia's Ambon Island. Why this region is prone to strong earthquakes.
December 9, 2015
Monstrous baby galaxies in dark matter
This nest of monstrous baby galaxies, 11.5 billion light-years away, appears to reside at the junction of gigantic filaments in a web of dark matter.
December 8, 2015
Vast river network once flowed across Sahara
Scientists have captured amazing new radar images of a paleoriver network underneath the desert sands of the Sahara.
December 8, 2015
End of 2015 hurricane season
Below-normal Atlantic hurricane season, but active eastern and central Pacific season shatters records.
December 7, 2015
Closest Pluto images ever returned
New images from New Horizons' July flyby of Pluto are among the sharpest of another world, other than those closely orbited or landed upon.
December 7, 2015
Greenland icy, not green, when colonized?
A new study questions the popular notion that 10th-century Vikings were able to colonize Greenland because of unusually warm weather.
December 7, 2015
