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Deborah Byrd
Wildfire in Colorado Springs: Five-day timelapse video
Five-day timelapse video of terrifying Waldo Canyon fire that swept down on city of Colorado Springs this week. Our thoughts go out to those who lost their homes.
June 30, 2012
Wildfires in Colorado and central Russia from space
As wildfires burn in neighborhoods in the northern part of Colorado Springs today, check out these images of space of even bigger fires in central Russia.
June 27, 2012
Cassini scientists: Mystery of Saturn’s jet streams solved
The debate was whether Saturn's own internal heat - or energy from the sun - drives Saturn's jet streams.
June 26, 2012
SeaOrbiter construction to begin October 2012
The SeaOrbiter concept recently completed its industrial design phase. It is an ocean-going research ship - which is part submarine.
June 26, 2012
Planetrise as seen from closest two-planet system yet found
When the two worlds are closest, say astronomers, the co-orbiting gas giant planetrise Kepler-36c would span three times more than a full moon does from Earth.
June 26, 2012
Best science images in 2012
Diverse, fascinating and beautiful images from this year's Wellcome Image Awards, highlighting the best science images of 2012.
June 25, 2012
Video Voyager 1 at the edge of interstellar space
A NASA Video Voyager 1 is reporting a sharp increase in cosmic rays that may herald its final push out of the heliosphere - into the realm of the stars.
June 25, 2012
Desert on Mars: vastly more interior water than previously thought
Inside Mars, the amount of water may be vastly greater than previous estimates. Mars' interior - or desert on Mars - might have as much as - or more - water than Earth.
June 23, 2012
Development banks to invest $175 billion for clean urban transport
Urban transport insiders are heralding this announcement as a "real breakthrough" for sustainable transport and sustainable development.
June 21, 2012
Sky City One in China: 104 elevators, living space for 174,000
The secret to building the world's tallest building - Sky City One - in only 90 days, at much less cost of its nearest rival building? Prefabrication.
June 19, 2012
