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Deborah Byrd
View from space: Four satellites views of Moore tornado
Four images from space, from NASA and NOAA satellites, of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado on May 20, 2013.
May 21, 2013
Official death toll lowered in Moore, OK tornado tragedy
Officials have lowered the death toll to 24 confirmed deaths and hundreds of injuries from the massive tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma yesterday.
May 21, 2013
Moore, Oklahoma tornado May 20, 2013
Links to the the tragic consequences, and how to donate to help the victims, below.
May 21, 2013
What are the 10 deadliest U.S. tornadoes?
These are the 10 deadliest U.S. tornadoes since 1900.
May 21, 2013
May day in an English meadow by the sea
This meadow in Northumberland, overlooking the North Sea, typifies a landscape that many of us outside the UK imagine, when we think of England.
May 17, 2013
Billion-year-old water found in reservoir under Ontario
Researchers don't know yet whether anything has been living in the water, which has been out of contact with Earth's atmosphere for over a billion years.
May 16, 2013
Planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft in trouble
It went into safe mode on Tuesday, May 14 after the #4 reaction wheel, needed to orient the spacecraft, would not spin.
May 16, 2013
Video: May 10 ring of fire annular solar eclipse
Beautiful video of ring of fire eclipse by astrophotographer Colin Legg, who used three cameras along the ecliptic path in western Australia.
May 15, 2013
Sun halo over U.S. East Coast yesterday
A ring or circle of light around the sun or moon is called a halo by scientists. They're a sign of high thin cirrus clouds drifting above our heads.
May 15, 2013
Last night’s young moon
The moon is now back in the evening sky. It's a waxing crescent, also called a young moon.
May 14, 2013
