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Pluto could harbor a subterranean icy ocean

9 years 10 months ago
If you’re planning on visiting Pluto anytime soon, best to bring some warm boots. A frigid, possibly “slushy” subsurface ocean could be lurking under the crust of the dwarf planet.
Rob Verger

Last presidential yacht bought for $0

9 years 10 months ago
How much would you pay for the presidential yacht on which FDR hosted Winston Churchill, JFK held his last birthday, and Nixon drank a bottle of whiskey before resigning?
Michael Harthorne

New Zealand quake's strange side effect: What are earthquake lights?

9 years 10 months ago
The magnitude-7.8 earthquake that rattled New Zealand early Monday morning local time (Sunday morning EST), killing at least two people and stranding many others in the region, also had a strange side effect: eerie blue and green flashes of light in the sky during the shaking
Tia Ghose Senior Writer

November 2016 supermoon in pictures

9 years 10 months ago
The November 2016 supermoon delighted stargazers as the full moon reached its closest point to the Earth since 1948. The supermoon was captured in these stunning pictures from around the world.
James Rogers

Rats get excited, 'giggle' when tickled

9 years 10 months ago
Freudensprungen! That, as the New York Times explains, happens to be the scientific term for jumping for joy, and a new study reveals that rats are among the animals that partake.
John Johnson
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