Photo: 'Hand of God' Spotted by NASA Space Telescope
Thursday, Jan. 9, 2013 Religion and astronomy may not overlap often, but a new NASA X-ray image captures a celestial object that resembles the "Hand of God." The cosmic "hand of God" photo was produced...
View ArticleWATCH: Lake Michigan Waves Birth Giant Ice Balls
Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 Visitors to the shores of Lake Michigan were greeted by an interesting sight this week, as waves lapped against hundreds of massive ice balls. The balls, or boulders, as some...
View ArticleScientists: Americans Are Becoming Weather Wimps
Thursday, Jan. 9, 2013 A person struggles to cross a street in blowing and falling snow as the Gateway Arch appears in the distance, in St. Louis, Mo., on Jan. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)...
View ArticleLife-Threatening US Flu Outbreak May Be Linked to Cold, Dry Air
Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 Health officials continue to urge residents to get their flu shots as half of the United States reports a widespread outbreak. Flu cases have been reported in every state, Puerto...
View ArticleSignificant Warmup in East Threatens More Ice Jams, Flooding
Updated Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, 5:29 p.m. ET Ice collects on the Delaware River in view of Philadelphia, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. Temperatures across Pennsylvania are rising after a blast of arctic air...
View ArticleDeadly Western Avalanches May Persist With More Heavy Snow, Wind
Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 An avalanche in the Caucasus Mountains of Russia. (Photo/Auddmin) Large snow amounts and strong winds have caused deadly avalanches to start 2014. With an active storm track...
View ArticleFog Leads to Massive Pileup Along I-84
Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 Vehicles are damaged after a pileup involving a logging truck and more than 40 other vehicles in Meridian, Idaho, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe...
View ArticleHeavy Rain, Fierce Winds Heading for the Northwest
Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Waves of rain and snow impacted the Northwest through the second half of this week, but the worst is still on the way. A powerful system promises to add...
View ArticleLOOK: Cargo Spaceship Blasts Off for Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A privately launched supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Thursday following a series of delays ranging from the cold to the sun. Orbital Sciences...
View ArticleNiagara Falls Sparkles After Windy Deep Freeze
Friday, Jan. 10, 2013 NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) - Niagara Falls hasn't frozen over, but it has become an icy spectacle, thanks to a blast of arctic wind and cold that blew around and froze the mist on...
View ArticleWhen Will the Polar Vortex Return?
Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 In this file photo, steam eam rises from Lake Michigan due to the polar vortex. Will the deep-freeze weather pattern return? (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images) After mild...
View ArticleNight Fire Destroys Ancient Tibetan Town in China
Updated Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, 11:15 a.m. ET A firefighter works on a roof of a wooden building while a fire ravages ancient Dukezong town in Shangri-la county, in southwestern China's Yunnan...
View ArticleThe Weirdest Gadgets of the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show
Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 In this kooky photo, a reporter from Mashable.com demonstrates iGrow, a helmet retrofitted with dozens of lasers and LED lights that are thought to help stimulate hair growth....
View ArticleTonga in South Pacific Lashed by Powerful Cyclone
Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 In this image, taken by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite, Cyclone Ian is shown heading south towards the islands of Tonga (at the bottom of the...
View ArticleSpace History: Today in 1610, Galileo Spotted Jupiter's Moon Ganymede
(Space Frontiers/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) On January 11,1610, pioneering astronomer Galileo Galilei directed his newly crafted telescope at the night sky. The Italian scientist spotted one of the...
View ArticleHurricane-Force Winds Whip Northwest, Rockies
Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 The above graphic shows when the top wind speeds will batter the northwest. (AccuWeather) A powerful storm will continue to kick up hurricane-force winds across parts of the...
View ArticleSevere Storms Threaten 17 Million People
Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 This file photo shows the type of dramatic thunderstorms that are headed to the southern Atlantic coast. (Zachary Roberts via Getty Images) Just days after an arctic blast...
View Article2 Missing, 2,400 Evacuated in Philippine Floods
Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 In this Twitter photo, pic.twitter.com/2yW3sY85yQ, posted this morning, Philippine residents are shown riding scooters through deep flood waters. (@MyNewsNetwork) MANILA,...
View ArticleA Belated Christmas Delivery for the Space Station
Updated Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, 3:55 p.m. ET In this image from video provided by NASA the Cygnus resupply spacecraft approaches the International Space Station early Sunday Jan. 12, 2013. The...
View ArticlePowerful Cyclone Hits Tonga, Killing at Least 1
Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 This Twitter photo, pic.twitter.com/h2g5bXPn8E, posted by @terra_de_waki, shows the intense winds that battered Tonga during the cyclone. The photo was captioned "Prayers with you...
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