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Probing the Big Bang of bird evolution
Big bird news! A consortium of 200 scientists in 20 countries has released its first results on the origins and diversity of birds. Overview plus video here.
December 15, 2014
Chickens and turkeys closer to dinos than other birds
Songbirds and other birds sprang from dinosaurs, too. But new work indicates that chickens and turkeys are genetically closest to their dino ancestors.
December 15, 2014
Video: Best storm footage ever?
High plains storms. The opening is brilliant .... the end is awesome. (You'll like the rest too.) Video by Nicolaus Wegner.
December 11, 2014
Rosetta’s comet fuels debate on origin of Earth’s oceans
There's three times the concentration of deuterium-enriched water (heavy water) in the vapor from Rosetta's comet as in the water on Earth.
December 11, 2014
Buckyballs in space born in molecular striptease?
Oo la la! Big organic compounds called PAHs may "strip" to create buckyballs in space.
December 11, 2014
Mars’ Mount Sharp built of lake sediments?
The Curiosity rover on Mars is exploring the base of Mount Sharp, within the Gale Crater. Did the crater hold a series of lakes? Did lake sediments create the mountain?
December 11, 2014
Asteroid 2014 UR116 is no threat to Earth
Calculations by NASA and Harvard say the closest the asteroid will get to Earth is about 2.7 million miles - over 10 times the moon's distance - in April 2047.
December 10, 2014
New Horizon spacecraft wakes up for encounter with Pluto system
It's awake! On Saturday, the New Horizons spacecraft came out of hibernation, at the doorstep of Pluto.
December 8, 2014
As Dawn approaches, new image of dwarf planet Ceres
1 Ceres is the largest and most massive object in the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Dawn will reach it in March, 2015.
December 6, 2014
Video: We are dead stars
Every atom in our bodies was processed in the body of an ancient star.
December 5, 2014
