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Biggest five – or six? – mass extinctions ever
Over 99% of all the animal species that have ever lived are now extinct. Here are Earth's biggest extinctions, in under 5 minutes. New video from AsapSCIENCE.
April 24, 2015
Calbuco volcano in Chile erupts
Amazing photos and videos of Chile's Calbuco volcano, which began erupting Wednesday for the first time in over 42 years.
April 23, 2015
More earthquakes due to human activities, says USGS
Of the eastern and central U.S. states studied so far, Oklahoma is by far the worst-hit in recent years. Texas, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Ohio all have had more earthquakes in the past year.
April 23, 2015
Fly through Hubble’s 25th anniversary image
Fly through the Hubble Space Telescope's 25th anniversary image of star cluster Westerlund 2 in 3-D!
April 23, 2015
Watch the Arctic ice pack vanish
Decades ago, most of Arctic's winter ice pack was made up of thick, perennial ice. Not anymore. Watch the change in this one-minute animation.
April 23, 2015
NASA creates NExSS for life search
A new NASA collaboration will use a systems science approach - looking at the big picture, cutting across different scientific disciplines - to seek alien life.
April 23, 2015
First visible light spectrum from exoplanet
Why are astronomers excited about the first directly obtained visible light spectrum - or rainbow array of visible colors - bounced from the surface of an exoplanet?
April 23, 2015
Ceres’ bright spots back in view
Dawn spacecraft has reacquired images of Spot 5, the mysterious bright double feature on the dwarf planet Ceres. The bright spots look ... as strange as ever.
April 21, 2015
Special Earth Day video: The Untouched
It showcases the beauty of nature and tries to convey that "we can’t reverse time to travel back to bring back all that we have lost by mistake."
April 21, 2015
Celebrate Earth Day 2015 with NASA
Share pics and video of your favorite places on Earth to social media with hashtag #NoPlaceLikeHome.
April 21, 2015
