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Auroras over US and similar latitudes
A geomagnetic storm sparked a display of auroras on the night of April 9-10. Auroras sighted as far south as Colorado! The storm may intensify later today.
April 10, 2015
NASA scientist: We’ll find signs of alien life by 2025
"We know where to look. We know how to look," said NASA chief scientist Ellen Stofan.
April 9, 2015
20 RR Lyrae stars with companions
Previously, only one RR Lyrae star - of many thousands known - was found to orbit in a double star system. Now astronomers have upped the tally by 2000%!
April 8, 2015
Bacteria key to ice worm survival
Living in ice is no easy feat, but ice worms make it work. Part of the secret to their survival on glaciers lies in a symbiosis between worm and bacteria.
April 8, 2015
How good is your eyesight? Take this test.
Who do you see? Take a couple of minutes to have some fun. Video from the guys at AsapSCIENCE.
April 7, 2015
The python that’s eating Florida
Burmese pythons were imported to Florida as pets. Now tens of thousands of them are in the wild and they're eating ... everything. New York Times video.
April 7, 2015
Update on Dawn spacecraft at Ceres
When will we see new images of the mysterious bright spots on Ceres' surface?
April 7, 2015
Scientists report seasonal changes on sun
Migrating bands of magnetic fields on the sun produce 2-year variations in solar activity as strong as those in the more familiar 11-year solar cycle.
April 7, 2015
Large Hadron Collider is back up!
The world's largest particle smasher restarted Sunday after a two-year upgrade.
April 6, 2015
Black holes don’t erase information
Since 1975, when Hawking showed that black holes evaporate from our universe, physicists have tried to explain what happens to a black hole's information.
April 6, 2015
