After the Tsunami, Japan’s Sea Creatures Crossed an Ocean by ...
Hundreds of species — mussels, crabs and others — traveled thousands of miles on plastic debris to American […]
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LIGO Virgo GW170814 Skymap
From around planet Earth three gravitational wave detectors have now reported a joint detection of ripples in spacetime, […]
The Mystery of the Dead Bumblebees and the Linden Trees ...
Large numbers of bees were turning up sick or dead beneath fragrant trees in botanic garden in London. […]
215 Million Americans Watched the Solar Eclipse, Study Finds by ...
It was bigger than the Super Bowl. Many more watched it in person or electronically than voted last […]
New Gravitational Wave Detection From Colliding Black Holes by DENNIS ...
Virgo, a new detector for gravitational waves, joined the L-shaped antennas seeking space-time reverberations from colliding black holes. […]
A Deep Blue Vision of Earth From an Asteroid Hunter ...
As it slingshotted past Earth at 19,000 miles per hour on Friday, NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft made a composite […]
Layers of a Total Solar Eclipse
Neither rain, nor snow, nor dark of night can keep a space-based spacecraft from watching the Sun. In […]
How Dinosaurs Swapped Terrifying Teeth for Bird Beaks by NICHOLAS ...
A look at the dinosaur species that began the transition from teeth to the beaks we see in […]
Moths, Alive and in Color, in All Their Diversity by ...
A new collection from the photographer Emmet Gowin delivers an appreciation for the hidden ties between humans and […]
Pandas Are No Longer Endangered. But Their Habitat Is in ...
Logging, human encroachment and activities have fragmented the natural range of pandas in China, which could make recent […]