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X2 solar flare on May 5
The flare created a pulse of UV radiation and X-rays that caused a strong radio blackout over the Pacific.
May 6, 2015
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter drops nearer moon
Flight controllers at Goddard Space Flight Center completed a maneuver that lowered the spacecraft’s orbit to within 12 miles (20 km) of the moon's South Pole.
May 5, 2015
Scientists measure most distant galaxy yet
Galaxy EGS-zs8-1 sets a new distance record. It's so far away the light we receive left the galaxy over 13 billion years ago, and it is just arriving now.
May 5, 2015
Huge salty aquifer found under Antarctica
Antarctica's Dry Valleys are home to briny lakes at the surface. Now scientists find liquid salt water - possibly containing unknown ecosystems - below ground.
May 5, 2015
Dinosaur-killing asteroid caused India’s Deccan Traps?
The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago might have mobilized an existing volcanic system, causing vast lava flows.
May 4, 2015
Preserving nature in the Age of Humans
Scientists, philosophers, historians, journalists, agency administrators and activists grapple with what it means to 'save nature' in the Anthropocene.
May 4, 2015
Tonga’s newest island: Before and after views
Last December, an undersea volcano exploded to life in the Polynesian island kingdom of Tonga. The eruption created a new island.
May 4, 2015
Supernova missing link in gamma-ray burst mystery
Why do some supernovae produce gamma-ray bursts, while others don't? The answer may lie in the swirling disk - and powerful jets - that some supernovae leave behind.
May 2, 2015
Water abundant in first billion years after Big Bang?
Water vapor could have been just as abundant in pockets of space a billion years after the Big Bang as it is today, according to new research.
May 1, 2015
Man sings “If I only had a brain” during MRI
While he sings, watch what's going on inside his head.
May 1, 2015
