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Amazing lightning time-lapse from Zimbabwe

Video of 20 spectacular cloud-to-ground lightning strikes that took place on a single afternoon in Mutare, Zimbabwe.

March 10, 2016

Dawn at Ceres reveals mystery features

Since Dawn slid into orbit on March 6, 2015, the spacecraft has found at least 2 mysterious features on Ceres - a dome-shaped mountain and the famous bright spots.

Deborah Byrd

Eleanor Imster

March 9, 2016

Dodos weren’t so dumb after all

New research suggests that dodo birds might have been quite intelligent.

Eleanor Imster

March 9, 2016

Meteorite reveals rare unstable element

A pink meteorite inclusion nicknamed Curious Marie shows that a highly unstable element, curium, was present in the early solar system.

Shireen Gonzaga

March 9, 2016

Total solar eclipses in the USA

If you miss the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 - first such eclipse in contiguous U.S. since 1979 - you'll have to wait until 2024 to see the next one.

Fred Espenak

March 7, 2016

Asteroid 2013 TX68 passed safely Monday

The asteroid - whose precise trajectory was unknown - passed Earth on March 7 at 13:42 UTC (8:42 ET) at some 10 times the moon's distance.

Eddie Irizarry

March 7, 2016

SpaceX landing attempt failed, as expected

Latest attempt to land Falcon9 first stage at sea was too "hot." Rockets landed too hard on drone ship and tipped. Elon Musk sees good chance for next time.

Tom Edathikunnel

March 6, 2016

New cosmic distance record via Hubble

Astronomers pushed the boundaries of what's possible with the Hubble Space Telescope to see a galaxy at a time when the universe was only 3% of its current age.

Deborah Byrd

March 6, 2016

Looking for ETs who see us

Astronomers speculate on some 100,000 nearby stars could harbor planets with inhabitants who might have discovered us and might be trying to contact us.

Deborah Byrd

March 3, 2016