How Turkey Vultures Stay Aloft to Focus on Dinner
By SINDYA N. BHANOO The birds use small-scale air turbulence to soar continuously at forest edges, without much […]
Science
Doomed Star Eta Carinae
Eta Carinae may be about to explode. But no one knows when – it may be next year, […]
Southern Craters and Galaxies
The Henbury craters in the Northern Territory, Australia, planet Earth, are the scars of an impact over 4,000 […]
Timothy Peake, British Astronaut, Dials Wrong Number From Space
By JOHN MARKOFF Mr. Peake, aboard the International Space Station, took his flub to Twitter, apologizing to “the […]
Submit Your Warm Winter Nature Photos
By Unknown Author If plants, flowers or trees nearby you are doing something you find unusual this time […]
Star Colors and Pinyon Pine
Beautiful, luminous decorations on this pinyon pine tree are actually bright stars in the constellation Scorpius and the […]
Touch of Spring in December on East Coast as Flowers ...
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Warm soil and air temperatures are throwing off several varieties, as this autumn was […]
Geminid Meteors over Xinglong Observatory
Where do Geminid meteors come from? In terms of location on the sky, as the featured image composite […]
Video: Snow in San Diego, for the Polar Bears
By MIKE McPHATE At least it’s snowing somewhere. The San Diego Zoo delivered nearly 26 tons of snow […]
A Fitting End for the Hottest Year on Record
By JONAH BROMWICH “We’re living through history, and not of a good kind,” a climate activist said. Published: […]