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Goliath bird eating spider

Foot-long Spider with Fangs Attacks Scientist in the Amazon

The goliath spider is the second largest spider to the giant huntsman spider.

The IRIS mission

NASA IRIS Data Reveals Incredible Plasma Bombs in the Sun's Atmosphere

New studies reveal new solar activity in the sun called nanoflares and plasma bombs.

Archaeologists Unearth 90 Year-Old Hollywood Movie Set in California Desert

The props for the 1923 silent film were probably some of the most sophisticated and elaborate sets ever made.

Mount Sakurajima

Japan's Nuclear Power Plants Near Active Volcanoes can Cause Nationwide Disaster

Experts say that nuclear reactors in Japan are particularly unsafe .

The Kuiper Belt is similar to an asteroid belt where it is larger in diameter and holds one billion icy objects

New Horizons Spacecraft Almost Near Pluto; Hubble Finds Kuiper Belt Objects to Study

As the New Horizons spacecraft edges closer to Pluto, it will also study three icy objects found in the Kuiper Belt region.

1934 Dust Bowl

1934 Dust Bowl is the Worst Drought Ever to Hit North America

The 1934 drought is definitely the worst measured by a large margin.

Mimas

Mimas, Saturn's "Death Star" Moon, Has a Hidden Ocean

A new study reveals that Satun's moon, Mimas has a strange rotational orbit due to a subsurface liquid core.

Uranus and Neptune

Newly Discovered Icy Exoplanet could Explain Uranus and Neptune Mysteries

Astronomers have detected a Uranus-type ice giant exoplanet 25,000 light years from Earth.

Beaked whale

Very Rare "Beaked Whale" Washes Ashore on Australian Beach

It's been a very long time since marine scientists have seen or observed a beaked whale this close.

Procoptodon goliah

Giant Kangaroo Ancestors Walked Like Humans

These ancient kangaroos called "sthenurines" were indigenous to Australia.

Earth's magnetic poles

Earth's Magnetic Poles are Flipping Faster

A new study reveals that a magnetic pole flip is occurring at a faster rate, in about 100 years as opposed to thousands to millions of years.

Design a custom mission patch for a robot that will fly on-board the International Space Station. A mission patch is a small graphic that includes the name of a space mission. Develop a name for the “Free Flying Robot”. Something catchy & cool.

NASA Needs Help to Name Free-Flying Robot at International Space Station

NASA and Topcoder are hosting a contest to name the space agency's latest free-flying robot that will aid other SPHERES droids aboard the ISS.

 Mars as seen by MAVEN

NASA's MAVEN Takes First Photos of Mars' Upper Atmosphere

NASA said this is the most detailed and extensive image yet of the upper Martian atmosphere.

Mars can kill you.

Mars One Martian Colony Impossible, says MIT Study

These Martian colonists will most likely die in just 68 days.

Iron Age chariot bronze fittings

2,000 Year Old Iron Age Bronze Warrior Chariot Found in England

Archaeologists have found remnants of a chariot from the Iron Age.

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