Mid-Atlantic Rocket Launch Gives East Rare View
Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Minotaur I rocket carrying the Air Force's ORS-3 mission launches from Pad 0B of the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Va., Tuesday,...
View ArticleArctic Blast of Cold Air Invades Much of US
Monday, Nov. 20, 2013 (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) The coldest air of the season so far is poised to invade the Central states during the rest of this week and will reach the East over the...
View ArticleFrom '04 Tsunami Recovery, Lessons for Philippines
Monday, Nov. 20, 2013 This combination of photos shows an area affected by the Dec. 25, 2004, tsunami which hit Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province, Indonesia. The top photo shows debris near the...
View ArticleSubtropical Storm Melissa Accelerating Northeast Over Atlantic
Monday, Nov. 20, 2013 Aqua/MODIS/NASA The Atlantic Basin has squeaked in one more tropical system before the official end of the hurricane season on Nov. 30. Subtropical Storm Melissa formed during the...
View ArticleHappy 15th Birthday, International Space Station!
The International Space Station celebrates its 15th birthday today (Nov. 20), marking the day in 1998 when a Russian rocket lifted the first piece of what is now the largest manmade structure ever...
View ArticlePhotos: Breathtaking Images of East Coast Rocket Launch
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View Article10 Gorgeous Pictures from the 2013 Nat Geo Photography Contest
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View ArticleThanksgiving Week Storm May Cause Travel Trouble
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013 Gettystock Early indications are that the weather will cooperate for most holiday travelers over the Plains and West during the week of Thanksgiving, but there could be some...
View ArticleFrigid Air to Threaten Tornado-Ravaged Midwest
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013 A man walks through what is left of a neighborhood in Washington, Ill., on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, a day after a tornado ripped through the central Illinois town. (AP...
View ArticleGroup Works to Return Photos to Tornado Victims
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013 In this May 26, 2013 file photo, pictures salvaged from tornado debris are displayed on a wall for their owners to claim at Abundant Life Church within the tornado affected area...
View ArticleVolcano Raises New Island South of Japan
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013 Smoke billows from a new island off the coast of Nishinoshima, seen left above, a small, uninhabited island in the Ogasawara chain, far south of Tokyo Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013....
View ArticleYou Won't Believe These Rainbow Mountains Are Real
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View ArticleIcy Wintry Mix Threatens Southern Plains
Friday, Nov. 22, 2013 (AP Photo) An arctic push of air will continue to sink southward Friday into the southern Plains, putting many at risk for an icy wintry mix. Slippery travel will develop as a...
View ArticlePhilippine Typhoon Death Toll Rises Above 5,000
Friday, Nov. 22, 2013 A plea for help painted on a sign hangs from a damaged statue of Jesus in a Typhoon Haiyan destroyed neighborhood in Tacloban, Philippines on Friday Nov. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/David...
View ArticleWild Winter This Year? Not Likely, NOAA Forecasts
Friday, Nov. 22, 2013 This Feb. 28, 2012 file photo shows a snow blower clearing a road after an overnight storm dropped several inches of snow near Echo Summit Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)...
View ArticleTails of Comets ISON and Lovejoy Caught in Stunning Time-Lapse Video
Timelapse of Comet ISON and Comet Lovejoy from Justin Ng Photo on Vimeo. Singapore-based sky photographer Justin Ng pieced together a stunning time-lapse video of two comets streaking across the...
View ArticleWatch: Father's Horrifying Home Video as Tornado Slams Illinois House
Friday, Nov. 22, 2013 Editor's note: This video contains strong language. Dozens of tornadoes tore through the Midwest on Sunday, Nov. 17. One of the strongest, a powerful EF-4 packing winds up to 190...
View ArticleWest Braces for More Stormy Weather
Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013 A school bus drives past a fallen eucalyptus tree in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/The Tribune, Laura A. Oda) LAS VEGAS (AP) - The U.S. West faced more...
View ArticleNASA Moon Dust Probe Begins Lunar Science Mission
Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013 Artist's concept of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft in orbit above the moon as dust scatters light during the lunar sunset. (NASA...
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