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Deborah Byrd
Earthquake in northern Italy on May 20
It was a very strong earthquake to shake the region, seismologists said. Older buildings suffered damage: collapsed roofs, cracks in buildings. At least four reported dead.
May 20, 2012
Solar flare effects expected May 19
Beautiful movie of another CME leaving the sun's surface on May 17. Goodbye sunspot 1476 and hello solar flare!
May 18, 2012
Urban heat island effect has upside for oaks in NYC
Red oaks in New York City grew eight times faster than rural oaks. Scientists think the the urban heat island effect was the primary reason.
May 17, 2012
NASA spacecraft spots 12-mile-high Martian dust devil
The NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught sight of this beauty as it whirled on the sands of the Amazonis Planitia region of northern Mars.
May 16, 2012
Solar storm effects may give Earth a glancing blow on May 14
Effects of a coronal mass ejection from huge sunspot region 1476 will deliver a glancing blow (solar storm) to Earth today, while in route to Mars.
May 14, 2012
Did the moon help sink the Titanic?
Several months before the Titanic's fateful encounter with an iceberg, the moon had been closer to Earth than in 1,400 years, and it was full just six minutes before.
May 14, 2012
Plastic in Pacific is changing ocean habitats, study shows
In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, plastic has increased by 100 times over in past 40 years. Some sea creatures are now laying their eggs on plastic.
May 13, 2012
Robots used to retrieve valuable info from living brains
Researchers have developed robots - a robot arm guided by a cell-detecting computer algorithm - to identify and record information from the brain's neurons.
May 13, 2012
Orbiting spacecraft shows Mars’ surprising shifting sands
An orbiting spacecraft shows sand dunes on Mars shift and move at about the same rate as earthly dunes. Yet Mars atmosphere is thin, and its winds are weak.
May 11, 2012
Cassini spacecraft to sweep near Saturn moon Enceladus on May 2
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will fly within about 46 miles (74 kilometers) of Saturn's moon Enceladus on May 2,2012. Yay! More images of this moon's mysterious jets!
May 2, 2012
