Vernal Equinox: First Day of Spring Seen from Space
Thursday, March 20, 2014 Spring has officially sprung in the Northern Hemisphere and NASA is celebrating with a dazzling new view of the Earth from space today (March 20). The GOES-13 satellite...
View ArticleBrilliant Fireball Over Canada Sparks Meteorite Hunt
Thursday, March 20, 2014 Scientists are rushing to the site of a possible meteorite impact in Canada's southwestern Ontario after a bright fireball lit up the skies over that region Tuesday night...
View ArticleSpring Flood Outlook: Winter's Deep Freeze Leaves Parts of US Vulnerable
Friday, March 21, 2014 In this July 13, 2011, file photo, homes flooded by the Souris River are shown in Minot, N.D. (AP Photo/James MacPherson, File) Despite the official changing of the seasons, the...
View ArticleFebruary-like Chill to Grip Midwest, East First Weekend of Spring
Friday, March 21, 2014 (Getty Images) The calendar says it's now spring but winter refuses to loosen its grip on the Midwest and Northeast. This will certainly become apparent this weekend and into...
View ArticleMidwest, East Prepare for Another Blast of Snow, Cold Next Week
Thursday, March 20, 2014 (Anthony Souffle/Chicago Tribune/MCT via Getty Images) Despite the change in seasons, more cold air and potential snow are in the offing next week for parts of the Midwest and...
View ArticlePersistent California Drought Exposes Opportunity for Gold Rush
Friday, March 21, 2014 Residents of Jamestown, California, look for gold in Woods Creek on April 29, 2011, in Jamestown, California. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images) Golden opportunities have...
View ArticleSnowstorm to Threaten East Coast Next Week
Friday, March 21, 2014 A woman tosses a snow ball at a friend in Washington on March 17, 2014, the morning after yet another snowstorm. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) The path and strength of a storm...
View ArticleLook: Hubble Telescope Spies Amazing Star Factory Inside Space Monkey Head
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured an amazing view of a distant starbirth factory, a nebula known as the "Monkey Head," to help celebrate the upcoming 24th anniversary of the iconic...
View ArticleSpring Snowstorm May Target Carolinas to Maine Next Week
Saturday, March 22, 2014 Plants that flower in the very early spring, like the crocus, may be buried under another layer of snow. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images) The potential for a significant...
View ArticleHigh-Tech Telescope 'MUSE' Creates 3D Views of the Universe
Saturday, March 22, 2014 This color composite of the unusual polar ring galaxy NGC 4650A was created from data from the MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile. The MUSE instrument,...
View ArticleFive Ways to Prepare Your Pets for Spring
Saturday, March 22, 2014 In this file photo taken Aug. 25, 2009, Australian shepherds Baxter, foreground, and Kanga pose for a photo near Elkins, W.Va. (AP Photo/Sharon Theimer) With the official start...
View ArticleExtreme Cold to Hit Midwest, East Despite Spring
March 22, 2014 In this file photo, a woman jogs during snowy day at North Avenue Beach in Chicago on a frigid day. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Despite the official arrival of spring, temperatures over the...
View ArticlePHOTO: A Stunning New Abstract Close-Up of Mars
This is NASA's image of the day for March 22, 2014. It's a high-resolution close-up of the surface of Mars, and it gets its drama from the deep, dark shadows on the planet's surface. The image was...
View ArticleCalving Season Brings Hope to Western South Dakota Ranchers
March 21, 2014 In this March 17, 2014 a cow cleans her newborn calf on the O'Connor Ranch near Philip, South Dakota. (AP Photo/Toby Brusseau) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Cattle ranchers discovered tens of...
View ArticleSpring Blizzard Targets Eastern New England
March 23, 2014 As in this file photo, the northeast could again be blasted by a major snowstorm. (Matt McClain/ The Washington Post via Getty Images) The potential for a spring snowstorm to unfold...
View ArticleOfficials: About 18 Missing in Washington Mudslide
Updated March 23, 2014, 1:36 a.m. ET A fatal mudslide brought debris down the Stillaguamish River near Oso, Wash., Saturday, March 22, 2014, stopping the flow of the river and destroying several homes....
View ArticleArctic Cold Returning to Midwest, East Despite Spring
March 23, 2014 As in this file photo, residents of a large swath of the country will need to put their snow shovels to use again next week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Despite the official arrival of spring,...
View ArticleMajor Big Bang Discovery Brings 'Theory of Everything' Closer to Reality
March 22, 2014 The bottom part of this illustration shows the scale of the universe versus time. Specific events are shown such as the formation of neutral Hydrogen at 380 000 years after the big bang....
View ArticleEastern New England, Atlantic Canada Face Spring Blizzard
March 23, 2014 The graphic above shows the likely storm path. Depending on the exact track of the storm, the blizzard area could expand westward across more of eastern New England. (AccuWeather) The...
View ArticleMarch Temperature Extremes Not a Factor in Spread of Common Cold
March 22, 2014 Bob Landon endures a snowy day on Thursday, March 13, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) March features huge temperature swings as winter and spring battle it out across the...
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