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Newly named dinosaur had a keen nose
It was a fierce predator, "not a dinosaur you'd want to mess with," said the scientist whose analysis of an ancient skull revealed a brand new species.
May 21, 2015
Video: Paddle boarders meet orcas
Imagine you're paddle-boarding, and an orca - killer whale - pops up on the ocean surface near you. Two amazing and beautiful videos, here.
May 21, 2015
SpaceX Dragon is back on Earth
SpaceX confirmed splashdown of Dragon in Pacific Ocean at 12:42 pm ET (1642 UTC), 155 miles SW of Long Beach, California.
May 21, 2015
Oldest stone tools found in Kenya
The tools, whose makers may or may not have been some sort of human ancestor, date back to 3.3 million years ago.
May 20, 2015
Opah, the first truly warm-blooded fish
It circulates heated blood through its body as mammals and birds do. Its warm blood makes the opah a high-performance predator that swims faster, sees better.
May 20, 2015
LightSail launch success!
Sailing on sunbeams. LightSail successfully launched May 20 at 11:05am EDT (1505 UTC). Info on how to follow from here, below.
May 20, 2015
A balancing rock on Rosetta’s comet?
In close-up images via the orbiting Rosetta spacecraft, the rock looks poised like a ballerina, with only a tiny fraction of its surface touching the ground.
May 19, 2015
Jupiter and Venus draw closer!
The sky's two brightest planets are getting ready for a spectacular conjunction in late June and early July. Start watching them now! Charts and info here.
May 19, 2015
Video: First marathon on Mars
On Earth, a fast runner takes a few hours to complete a marathon. On Mars, it took the Opportunity rover 11 years. New short video on Opportunity's marathon trek.
May 18, 2015
Sea salt on Jupiter’s moon Europa
Europa is thought to have a subsurface ocean. Salt from this hidden sea might be emerging in long fractures visible in the moon's crust.
May 18, 2015
