Flood-Causing Deluge Amounts to Just Drops in California Drought
By HENRY FOUNTAIN A Pacific storm that left Northern California a mess and caused at least two deaths […]
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A Cape Cod Mystery: a Surge of Stranded Sea Turtles
By JAMES GORMAN Volunteers are waging a rescue effort after finding almost 1,200 turtles washed ashore since mid-November, […]
Moondog Night
In this night scene from the early hours of November 14, light from a last quarter Moon illuminates […]
An Evolutionary Battle Against Bacteria
By CARL ZIMMER A recent study illustrates how our ancestors evolved new defenses to starve meningitis-causing bacteria of […]
The Reddening of M71
Now known to be a globular star cluster at the tender age of 10 billion years, M71 is […]
Rosetta Mission Data Rules Out Comets as a Source for ...
By KENNETH CHANG Results from the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission suggest that comets most likely did not […]
New Research Quantifies the Oceans’ Plastic Problem
By JOHN SCHWARTZ New computer modeling suggests that 5.25 trillion plastic particles weighing nearly 269,000 tons are currently […]
Explore Mars for Yourself
By CLAIRE MALDARELLI What does a Martian sunset look like? Here is a list of resources for a […]
The Flame Nebula in Visible and Infrared
What lights up the Flame Nebula? Fifteen hundred light years away towards the constellation of Orion lies a […]
Covering Mars Opened a New World
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD In 1965, John Noble Wilford made the cover of Time with his article about […]