The timing couldn't be better. Just as NASA's MESSENGER probe is about to enter orbit around Mercury, the innermost planet is popping out of the twilight for its best apparition of 2011.
Space Exploration
Mar 15, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Mars movie clip gives us a rover's-eye view of a bluish Martian sunset, while another clip shows the silhouette of the moon Phobos passing in front of the sun.
Space Exploration
Dec 23, 2010
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Despite the fact that bats are active after sunset, they rely on the sun as their most trusted source of navigation. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology found that the greater mouse-eared bat orients ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2010
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(AP) -- Mercury, the solar system's most elusive planet, will be easier to see for the next two weeks.
Space Exploration
Mar 29, 2010
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(AP) -- Watch the sunset, save a life.
Other
Feb 4, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's time once again for nature to put on its late-summer fireworks show: the Perseid meteor shower. This year's best viewing will be before dawn on Aug. 12, with a second chance after sunset that night, ...
Space Exploration
Aug 7, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Are wind turbines dangerous to billions of migrating birds?
Plants & Animals
Jun 24, 2009
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