Solar observatory in Big Bear grapples with prospect of being eclipsed

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Friday, December 26, 2014 View in browser |  View text version Solar observatory in Big Bear grapples with prospect of being eclipsed Motors whirred as a gleaming white dome slowly opened, allowing one of the premier solar telescopes in the world to track the magnetic field... SCIENCE     What a comeback: Revived Kepler spacecraft finds its first new planet It doesn’t pay to bet against Kepler. Even though the NASA spacecraft was hobbled a year and a half ago, the battered telescope has still ma... SCIENCE NOW Rosetta postcard: Could you jump from these cliffs? While Philae rests quietly on the dark surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the European Space Agency's Rosetta orbiter is continuing... ›  New record: Ethereal deep-sea fish lives 5 miles underwater [Video] ›  Video: Falling to Earth aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft ENVIRONMENT Putting the color in Yellowstone's famed thermal springs They've thrilled visitors to Yellowstone National Park for well over a century -- simmering ponds of brilliant, rainbow colors with unforget... ›  Invasive species get by with a little help from their alien friends ›  Federal judge puts gray wolf back on endangered species list HEALTH AND MEDICINE FDA to ease longtime ban on blood donations from gay men For the first time since the early days of the AIDS epidemic, gay and bisexual men will be permitted to donate blood under rules set for rel... ›  Some heart patients do better when the cardiologist is away ›  Panel recommends blood pressure screening to stop a 'silent killer' HIGHLIGHTS   In fossilized fish eye, rods and cones preserved for 300 million years       Scientists have discovered a fossilized fish so well preserved that the rods and cones in its 300-million-year-old eyeballs are still visibl... ›  Reading from tablets before bed alters sleep cycles ›  Safety experts make the case for getting teens newer, larger cars