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Deborah Byrd
X-ray images of a lightning strike
A lightning-fast camera has been used by scientists to take x-ray images of lightning flashes in Florida.
December 28, 2010
Image of blood vessel in brain looks like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Scientists thought they saw an eye, tail and antlers in an image of a blood vessel in the brain. They enhanced the image to bring out the red nose ...
December 23, 2010
Top 10 climate events for 2010
Who knew, decades ago when scientists first began talking about global warming, that extreme weather events would be such a big part of the picture?
December 23, 2010
Scientists engineer a mouse that sings like a bird
Japanese researchers with the "Evolved Mouse Project" have used a genetically engineered "evolution" to create a mouse that sing like birds.
December 22, 2010
Saturn’s moons Dione and Enceladus in stunning images
The Cassini spacecraft finished its four-year mission to explore Saturn and its rings and moons in June 2008. But it is still sending back images of Saturn's moons.
December 21, 2010
Lunar eclipse on 2010’s solstice !
The total lunar eclipse on December 21, 2010, presents the northernmost total lunar eclipse until December 21, 2485!
December 20, 2010
Daytime moon from December 18, 2010
This image is from EarthSky Facebook friend Brian Pate. It's yesterday's daytime moon. Look for the moon in the daytime this afternoon, too ...
December 19, 2010
Illumination map highlights craters on moon in permanent shadow
Some craters near the moon's poles never see sunlight. Now 1,700 photos from the have been combined to show the moon's darkest places in the "illumination map".
December 16, 2010
U.S. government sues BP over oil spill
The Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill spewed 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. has filed a civil suit against BP for the spill.
December 16, 2010
Life’s building blocks in impossible place, plus a whalloping meteorite tale
Since it crashed to Earth over two years ago, an object called 2008 TC3 has fascinated scientists. Now it appears this object contains amino acids, the building blocks of life.
December 15, 2010
