More Record Heat for Chicago, Midwest Next Week
Sept. 7, 2013 These Minnesota fair-goers enjoyed a cooling mist on a blisteringly hot day. (AP) As an intense wheel of heat spins across the central and southern Plains, a cold front slowly dropping...
View ArticleMore Chill, Frost Concerns Headed to the Northeast
Sept. 7, 2013 A quick dip into unseasonably cool temps could cause leaves to change early in the Northeast. (AP) More Autumnlike chill is headed back to the Northeast, but there is good news for those...
View ArticleDive Signals More Treasure at Pirate-Ship Wreck
Sept. 7, 2013 Previously recovered pirates' treasure coins from the ship Whydah are shown at Chicago's Field Museum. (Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune/MCT via Getty Images) BOSTON (AP) - A recent dive at...
View ArticleAnother Atlantic Tropical System Trying to Brew
Sept. 7, 2013 A satellite shot of the newest storm in the eastern Atlantic, off the coast of Africa. (NOAA) Following short-lived Tropical Depression 8, another tropical system is showing signs of...
View ArticleFederal Teams Headed to Rim Fire to Assess Damage
Sept. 7, 2013 In this photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, crews clear California Highway 120 of debris, as crews continue to fight the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park in California. (AP...
View Article3 Rescued After Helicopter Ices on Alaska Volcano
Sept. 8, 2013 This file photo shows Alaska's Mount Mageik on a clear day. (Getty) Two researchers and their pilot were rescued Friday from a remote Alaska volcano after freezing rain left thick ice on...
View ArticleNASA Fixes LADEE Moon-Probe Glitch
Sept. 8, 2013 This stunning image of NASA's LADEE moon probe launch was shot on the beach in Cape May Point, N.J., on Sept. 6, 2013. LADEE launched from Wallops Island, Va., and was visible across a...
View ArticleVenus Near Moon In Sky Show Tonight: How to See It
Sept. 8, 2013 Above is an illustration of the night sky on Sun., Sept. 8, at sunset. The thin waxing crescent moon passes just south of the bright planet Venus, low in the western sky just after...
View ArticleDiana Nyad's Team Responds to Skeptics
Sept. 8, 2013 In this Sept. 2, 2013, file photo, Diana Nyad, positioned about two miles off Key West, Fla., swims towards the completion of her 111-mile trek from Cuba to the Florida Keys. (AP...
View ArticleNASA's NuSTAR Craft Just 'Bagged' Its 10th Giant Black Hole
Sept. 8, 2013 The above image of black hole number 10 was just released on NASA's Instagram page. (NASA) NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) was lunched in June of 2012, and it is...
View ArticleTropical Storm Humberto Forms in Eastern Atlantic
(NOAA) Tropical Storm Humberto formed in the far eastern Atlantic early on Monday morning following a short-lived Tropical Depression 9. Humberto started off as just a low emerging off the African...
View ArticleMore Record Heat for Midwest This Week
Lake Michigan, Chicago (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images) As an intense wheel of heat spins across the central and southern Plains, a cold front slowly dropping down from Canada will push the highest...
View ArticleScientists Assess Damage From Yosemite-Area Fire
Crews clear California Highway 120 of debris, as they fought the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service, Mike McMillan) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -...
View ArticleHead of Sochi Guarantees Snow -- Perhaps, Too Much
Snow covers the area of the construction site of the Olympic village on February 10, 2012 at the Rosa Khutor Mountain Resort, in Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi, city hosting Winter Olympic games in 2014....
View ArticleAmazing Mars Solar Eclipse Videos Caught by Curiosity Rover
This set of three images taken by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows the Martian moon Phobos eclipsing the sun on Aug. 20, 2013. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems/Texas A&M...
View ArticleNyad to Meet With Swimmers Doubting Her Feat
In this Monday, Sept. 2, 2013 photo, Diana Nyad, positioned about two miles off Key West, Fla., swims towards the completion of her 110-mile trek from Cuba to the Florida Keys. (AP Photo/Florida Keys...
View ArticlePhotos: NASA Launches LADEE Probe to Moon
Carla Cioffi/NASA via Getty Images 1 of 9 On Friday, Sept. 6, NASA launched the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) observatory from Wallops Island, Va. LADEE will orbit the moon...
View ArticleWatch: Stunning Drone Video of Burning Man 2013
What does the fabled festival in the Nevada desert look like from above? This stunning video shot with a GoPro Hero3 on a drone offers a pretty good idea. Be sure to change the quality to HD for the...
View ArticleWill Humberto Form Into Atlantic Season's First Hurricane?
Updated Sept. 10, 2013; 3:05 p.m. ET Whether or not the record holds for the latest first Atlantic hurricane is up to Humberto, currently a tropical storm with 70-mph sustained winds. Since the...
View ArticleTropical Storm Gabrielle Nearing Bermuda
Updated Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, 8:19 p.m. ET HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) - Tropical Storm Gabrielle brought gusty winds, rain and rough surf to Bermuda on Tuesday evening as its center neared the wealthy...
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