Magnetic 'Fingerprints' of Milky Way Galaxy Revealed in New Map
Monday, May 12, 2014 Scientists using a European space telescope have created the best map yet of our Milky Way galaxy's magnetic field, a set of cosmic "fingerprints" that may lead to better...
View ArticleWatch: NASA Spots Square-Shaped 'Hole' in the Sun
Monday, May 12, 2014 A NASA spacecraft has made a surprising find on the surface of the sun: a square-shaped "hole" in the star's outer atmosphere. The dark square on the sun, known as a "coronal...
View ArticleTropical Connection to Bring Late-Week Flood Risk From Atlanta to NYC
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) A flow of tropical moisture ahead of a slow-moving front will trigger heavy rain and raise the risk of flash and urban flooding problems along the Atlantic...
View ArticleHeavy Storms from Texas to Ohio Through Midweek
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 (Scott Olson/Getty Images) A continuous flow of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico will help to fuel rounds of heavy thunderstorms from Texas to Ohio through Wednesday. These storms...
View ArticleTexas Panhandle Wildfire Destroys 156 Structures
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 In this photo provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety, a wildfire burns near Fritch, Texas. The wildfire has led to evacuations and road closures and has destroyed...
View ArticlePHOTO: Sun's Glint Lights Up World's Deepest Lake
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 Sun glints off Russia's Lake Baikal in an astronaut photograph taken on April 22, 2014. (ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit,...
View ArticleHow to Survive Without Electricity
AP Photo 1 of 14 Access to electricity has become the norm in households over the last century, and as a society, we've come to utterly depend on its conveniences. In the event of a blackout,...
View ArticleGust or 'Freak Dust Devil' Throws Bounce House in Air, Injures Three Kids in NY
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 Three children were injured, two of them seriously, after a strong gust of wind lifted an inflatable bounce house into the air on Monday around 3:30 p.m., in South Glens Falls,...
View ArticleFlaring Fires Scare Californians, But Blazes Have Calmed
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 Flames grow as a wild fire burns out-of-control in the north county area of San Diego Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in San Diego. Wildfires destroyed a home and forced the evacuation...
View ArticleHurricane Season 2014: 2 US Landfalls Predicted; East Coast at Risk
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 (NASA/NOAA GOES Project) Following a season with the fewest number of hurricanes since 1982, the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to follow suit as a below-normal...
View ArticleStorms to Soak Cincinnati, Nashville Today
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 (AP Photo) Another round of strong, soaking storms is set to slam areas from Mississippi to Ohio today, Wednesday, May 14, making people reach for their raincoats and umbrellas....
View ArticleMars, Jupiter, Saturn and More: See the Planet Parade in Tonight's Sky
Wednesday, May 13, 2014 (Starry Night Software) If you go out tonight (May 14) about half an hour after sunset and have clear weather, you will see a number of bright objects in the sky. The brightest...
View ArticleWatch 2 Neutron Stars Merge and Form Black Hole
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 An amazing new NASA video shows two super-dense neutron stars tearing each other apart in a cataclysmic cosmic merger that ultimately forms a black hole. The neutron star...
View ArticleCrews Make Gains on Worst of San Diego Fires
Updated Thursday, May 14, 2014, 1:17 p.m. ET A Carlsbad, Calif., police officer turns traffic away as flames leap behind him Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in Carlsbad, Calif. Weather conditions that at...
View ArticleTorrential Rain to Douse Pimlico Racecourse Ahead of Preakness
Thursday, May 15, 2014 Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome, with exercise rider Willie Delgado aboard, gallops at Pimlico Racecourse in Baltimore, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The Preakness Stakes...
View ArticleAtlanta to NYC: Late-Week Rain to Trigger Delays, Flooding
Thursday, May 15, 2014 Torrential rain and locally gusty thunderstorms will converge on the eastern third of the nation at the end of the week and will raise the risk of flash and urban flooding. The...
View ArticleWatch 13.7 Billion Years of Galactic Evolution in Less Than a Minute
Thursday, May 15, 2014 A stunning new NASA video shows a spiral galaxy like our own Milky Way form and take shape, compressing more than 13 billion years of cosmic evolution into about 45 seconds. The...
View ArticleIsolated Tornadoes Threaten Carolinas to Virginia Thursday
Thursday, May 15, 2014 (AP Photo/Brian Agnell) There is the potential for severe thunderstorms, including the risk of isolated tornadoes, Thursday from the part of the Carolinas to central and northern...
View ArticleHow NASA Scientists Created an International Space Orchestra
Thursday, May 15, 2014 This image of the International Space Orchestra musicians was taken by Neil Berrett. The orchestra is a project by Nelly Ben Hayoun of the SETI Institute. (Neil/Berrett/Nelly Ben...
View ArticleSolar Winds Linked to Increased Lightning Strikes
Thursday, May 15, 2014 Solar winds hitting Earth may trigger an increase in lightning, a new study suggests. The research finds an increase in the number of lightning strikes after the streams of...
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