3D Ahuna Mons
Get out your red/blue glasses and gaze across Ceres at mysterious mountain Ahuna Mons. Shown in a 3D […]
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Environmental Activists Take to Local Protests for Global Results
By JOHN SCHWARTZ A wave of actions across the nation are combining not-in-my-backyard protests against fossil-fuel projects with […]
Fighting Macular Degeneration
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Advances are being developed to improve results against the so-called wet and dry forms […]
The W in Cassiopeia
A familiar, zigzag, W pattern in northern constellation Cassiopeia is traced by five bright stars in this colorful […]
Defense Department Redefines Climate Change
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG The Department of Defense has updated the definition of climate change in its homegrown dictionary. […]
Warmer Winter Brings Forest-Threatening Beetles North
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG Southern pine beetles, which had never been found beyond the South, have been spotted in […]
Water is the Real Force Behind Breaking a Bottle With ...
By JOANNA KLEIN St. Patrick’s Day introduces the possibility that glass shards will fly tonight. Fluid dynamics explain […]
Eaglet Emerges at National Arboretum, Live on a Webcam
By CHRISTINE HAUSER The first of two eaglets broke through the shell on Friday morning as a video […]
Close Comet and Large Magellanic Cloud
Sporting a surprisingly bright, lovely green coma Comet 252P/Linear poses next to the Large Magellanic Cloud in this […]
What We’ve Learned About Pluto
By KENNETH CHANG Eight months after NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft had its quick, close-up look at Pluto, scientists […]