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Plant’s pollination synchronized with full moon
Two scientists accidentally discovered pollination in a species of Ephedra is correlated with the full moon. The finding is a first for the plant world.
April 4, 2015
Hubble spies enigmatic quasar ghosts
Astronomers use the Hubble Space Telescope to examine 8 ethereal wisps orbiting distant galaxies, illuminated by blasts of radiation from quasars.
April 2, 2015
Astronomers witness a massive star’s birth
Two images of a very massive star, made 18 years apart, have given astronomers a real-glimpse of how massive stars develop early in their evolution.
April 2, 2015
This songbird migrates 1,500 miles non-stop
The tiny blackpoll warbler completes a nonstop flight across the Atlantic in just two to three days. Amazing!
April 2, 2015
Auroras in motion
Sergio Garcia Rill created this video from 4,450 aurora photos! Take 3 minutes to watch this green and ghostly time-lapse of the Alaskan northern lights.
March 31, 2015
Like coastlines? You’ll like this video
Should you spend a glorious summer day - or a cold, windy winter day - collecting beach-cast seabird carcasses in the name of citizen science? Maybe. Watch a video.
March 31, 2015
Shrinking of Antarctic ice shelves is accelerating
A new study shows that not only has Antarctica's ice shelf volume gone down, but losses have accelerated over the past decade.
March 31, 2015
Public invited to NASA flying saucer broadcast today
NASA's rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle soon will fly into near-space. Join an hour-long live, interactive video broadcast on March 31.
March 31, 2015
Before and after cyclone Pam
Views from above, before and after cyclone Pam devastated the island nation of Vanuatu earlier this month.
March 30, 2015
Passing comets painted Mercury black
Scientists say comet dust is the invisible paint causing the surface of the innermost planet Mercury to be only barely reflective.
March 30, 2015
