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6.8-magnitude earthquake in South Pacific
Powerful earthquake in the S. Pacific last night. No Pacific-wide tsunami warning, and only a small tsunami wave at Easter Island. No injuries or damages.
October 9, 2014
Video: Gulf of Mexico jellyfish swarms
Jellyfish swarms in the Gulf of Mexico can be 100 miles (160 km) long. At their thickest, there can be more jellyfish than there is water.
October 8, 2014
Join EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd at online viewing of total lunar eclipse
Slooh.com invites stargazers worldwide for an online viewing of the total eclipse of the moon on October 8. Deborah Byrd will be on hand as a special guest.
October 7, 2014
AIDS pandemic origin was 1920s Kinshasa, says study
Between the 1920s and 1950s, a perfect storm of population growth, sex and railway links let HIV to spread from Kinshasa in Africa, across the globe.
October 6, 2014
Large section of Aral Sea completely dried up for first time in modern history
The Aral Sea - once the fourth largest inland sea in the world - has been shrinking markedly since the 1960s. Now its eastern basin has completely dried.
October 3, 2014
35,000 walrus come ashore in Alaska
Pacific walrus that can't find sea ice for resting in Arctic waters are coming ashore in record numbers on a beach in northwest Alaska.
October 2, 2014
Mega flares from a mini star
You've heard of X flares from our sun? This mini star's biggest flare - seen in April, 2014 - was 10,000 times bigger than the biggest known solar X flare.
October 2, 2014
U.S. and India to collaborate on Earth and Mars missions
Both NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization placed spacecraft in orbit around Mars last month. They'll join forces on an Earth-orbiting mission set for 2020.
October 1, 2014
Wind and solar energy capacity catching with nuclear power
The Worldwatch Institute quantifies the steady decline of nuclear energy’s share of global power production, and renewable energy's increased share.
September 30, 2014
