
Academy Director of the Morrison Planetarium and Science Visualization reports from the control room of a twin 6.5-meter Magellan telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.

Academy Director of the Morrison Planetarium and Science Visualization reports from the control room of a twin 6.5-meter Magellan telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.

The 2010 earthquake in Chile may not have decreased, but actually increased, the likeliness of a new, large earthquake.

At a NASA press conference today, officials likened the recent mine accident in Chile to “Apollo 13 on the ground.”

Large earthquakes like the one that hit Chile this week are rare, and they do more than just devastate an area—they shorten days!
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