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Asteroid That Dwarfed Dinosaur-Killer Punched Earth 3 Billion Years Ago, Study Says

Early in Earth's history, a killer asteroid smashed a hole in our planet about 300 miles (500 kilometers) wide, which…

11 years ago

NASA’s Operation IceBridge In Search Of Ice Change In Arctic

How much is the polar ice melting, and how are the sheets being affected by climate change? These are some…

11 years ago

Watch Live: Next-Gen Environment Satellite Aims For Space

UPDATE, APRIL 4: The satellite safely made it into space! Watch the launch replay and successful satellite separation here. Just in…

11 years ago

Arctic Melting Is Lasting Longer And Affecting More Ice: Study

The Arctic melt season is averaging five days longer with each passing decade, a new study by NASA and the National…

11 years ago

Massive Earthquake off the Coast of Chile Triggers Tsunami Warnings in the Pacific

An 8.2-magnitude earthquake off the coast of northern Chile on April 1, 2014 was followed by at least a dozen…

11 years ago

Believe It Or Not, This Stunning Blue Landscape is a Desert As Seen from Space

At first glance, this beautiful swirling view appears like clouds above a large body of water or possibly the eddies…

11 years ago

1st Images from New NASA/JAXA GPM Rainfall Measuring Satellite Capture Tropical Cyclone in 3D

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Weather researchers worldwide now have the ability to capture unprecedented three-dimensional images and detailed rainfall…

11 years ago

What Does the Grand Canyon Look Like from Space?

Can you spot the Grand Canyon in this picture? It is surprisingly hard to see. Astronaut Koichi Wakata took this…

11 years ago