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Deborah Byrd
Earthquake in Philippines triggers tsunami warnings in Asia
This strong undersea earthquake triggered tsunami warnings along coastlines in much of Asia. No immediate reports of damage or injury.
August 31, 2012
Melting in Greenland sets new record before end of melting season
By August 8, melting in Greenland was more than in the entire melting season of 2010, which previously held the record for greatest melting in one year.
August 30, 2012
Curiosity rover on Mars begins its eastbound trek
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity hit the road toward its first destination on Mars, a place called Glenelg, on August 28, its 22nd martian day.
August 30, 2012
Billions of rocky planets in our galaxy>
Astronomers have found evidence that billions of rocky planets might orbit the habitable zones around red dwarf stars in our Milky Way.
August 29, 2012
Tsunami warning follows quake off El Salvador coast
Tsunami warning issued and then cancelled for stretch of central American coastline last night, following strong 7.3-magnitude earthquake off El Salvador coast.
August 27, 2012
Earthquakes rattle southern California
Southern California was shaken by a series of small to moderate earthquakes near California-Mexico border on Sunday, August 26.
August 27, 2012
How did zebras get their stripes?
The exquisite stripes on zebras have been explained in many ways. A recent explanation involves blood-sucking horseflies.
August 23, 2012
Mississippi river well below normal in 2012
Two space images of the Mississippi River - one from August 2012 and the other from August 2011. You can see that the riverbed is drier in 2012.
August 22, 2012
Curiosity will make a detour to first destination
The Curiosity rover will first travel 400 meters east-southeast of its landing site to Glenelg, where three types of Martian terrain intersect.
August 20, 2012
A lonely galactic island
DDO 190 is a dwarf irregular galaxy, lying some 3 million light-years from any other galaxy in space. It's a lonely galactic island on a sea of empty space.
August 19, 2012
