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Why haven’t earthquakes toppled these balancing rocks?
Scientists say they've solved the riddle of why a collection of balancing rocks near the San Andreas fault has never been knocked over by earthquakes.
August 6, 2015
El Niño conditions growing stronger
El Niño has strengthened in the past several months. Will this El Niño rival the event of 1997–98?
August 5, 2015
Tracking an oddball group of near-Earth asteroids
Astronomers have traced some mysterious near-Earth asteroids back to their likely source.
August 4, 2015
Breakthrough Listen not all about aliens
New SETI project will scan the skies for signs of alien communications, but might also unveil other secrets about the universe.
August 4, 2015
What the Philae comet lander found
Philae data suggest that organic compounds - which eventually translated into living organisms here on Earth - existed in the early solar system.
August 3, 2015
A third of Milky Way stars have changed orbit
Astronomers have created a new map of the Milky Way that shows that about 30 percent of the stars have traveled a long way from the orbits they were born with.
August 3, 2015
Seeing the star with nearest rocky planet
How you can see the star HD219134, announced last week to have the nearest rocky exoplanet. Plus ... the star's proper motion, captured by an amateur astronomer.
August 3, 2015
US deserts wet until 8,200 years ago
Research suggests that around 8,200 years ago, the climate of the American West began transitioning from a lush landscape to the desert terrain we know today.
August 3, 2015
California lacking a year’s worth of rain
Drought and more drought in California, whose accumulated rain debt now equals an average year's precipitation, according to a new study.
August 1, 2015
First maps of Charon and Pluto
Many features on Charon informally named from science fiction, particularly Star Trek and Star Wars. Lord of the Rings, Stanley Kubrick also honored.
August 1, 2015
