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• Video of the Day: Our amazing Earth

  November 16, 2011 7:47 AM

  You've seen pictures of eath before...but have you ever seen it like this? Check out our Video of the Day . more »

• Telescope alert! Asteroids to make close swipe of earth

  September 7, 2010 4:09 PM

  If you enjoy keeping an eye on the night sky, here's one you won't want to miss--two asteroids are about to pass by earth closer than the moon. The newly discovered asteroids were spotted by astronomers at Mount Lemmon Survey in Tucson, Arizona. They'll pass earth Wednesday within eleven... more »

• Hawking: Aliens may pose risks to Earth

  April 27, 2010 10:20 AM

  British physicist Stephen Hawking says aliens are out there, but it could be too dangerous for humans to interact with extraterrestrial life. Hawking claims in a new documentary titled "Into the Universe With Stephen Hawking" that intelligent alien life forms almost certainly exist - but warns that communicating with... more »

• 'Oceans' takes jaw-dropping plunge into sea

  April 25, 2010 10:03 AM

  Fish that look like rocks - or scarves, or a jeweled brooch, or anything but fish - are among the fascinating underwater creatures that inhabit "Oceans." This stunningly beautiful documentary is the second in a series from the new Disneynature label, which gave us "Earth" exactly one year ago... more »

• School embraces hydroponics

  April 21, 2010 2:09 PM

  Heritage Elementary School students will celebrate a school-wide "Green Day" on Friday, April 30 from 8:10 to noon. Thanks to a $1,000 Sustainability Grant award from the Bechtel Corporation last fall, students and staff purchased hydroponic aerogardens for all classes to grow and harvest herbs, vegetables, and flowers. So much... more »

• New recycling program opens at Pueblo Community College

  April 20, 2010 1:44 PM

  Pueblo Community College welcomes Earth Day with a new recycling effort with new bins at the Orman Campus. These new bins will allow all PCC employees and students to recycle the following products in one bin: • Aluminum food and beverage containers • Glass food and beverage containers (brown, clear... more »

• Rain, overcast sky delays space shuttle's return

  April 19, 2010 9:22 AM

  Cloudy weather in Florida will keep space shuttle Discovery in orbit an extra day. Mission Control decided to skip both landing opportunities Monday morning. The next attempt to bring Discovery and its seven astronauts home will come shortly after sunrise Tuesday. On Monday, the sky cleared somewhat as the morning... more »

• Animal art to be offered in Pueblo for Earth Day

  April 13, 2010 1:27 PM

  Pueblo Zoo animals have been painting in anticipation of Earth Day. On April 24 and 25 visitors will be able to view and purchase art created by our resident animals and some talented zookeepers. All proceeds from sales will go toward conservation programs. In addition to being able to... more »

• Space tourism stoking interest in summit

  April 12, 2010 10:28 AM

  Space tourism is drawing attention to a weeklong summit for the aerospace industry in Colorado Springs. The 26th National Space Symposium starts Monday. This year's symposium is taking on a new importance as the industry mulls signals from the White House that space tourism is due for an expansion. Next... more »

• New satellite begins sending solar data to Earth

  March 20, 2010 1:36 PM

  A new NASA satellite designed to help predict disruptive solar storms has begun transmitting data to Earth about five weeks after launch. University of Colorado scientists say they began getting information from the Solar Dynamics Observatory on Friday. Controllers have been adjusting the satellite's Earth orbit since the Feb. 11... more »

• Chile earthquake may have shortened Earth's day

  March 2, 2010 12:31 PM

  Earth's days may have gotten a little bit shorter since the earthquake in Chile. But don't feel bad if you haven't noticed. A NASA scientist says the difference would be only about one-millionth of a second. Richard Gross and his colleagues at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., calculated... more »

• Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag

  November 23, 2009 11:03 AM

  A pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday to take care of some odd jobs at the International Space station. Dr. Robert Satcher Jr. and Randolph Bresnik - the father of a new baby girl - got started on the work... more »

• NASA says a new movie is a blockbuster piece of fiction

  November 15, 2009 11:11 AM

  NASA is trying to dispel some rumors that have been going around surrounding the new doomsday movie "2012". The plot involves the end of the world based on theories backed by the end of the Mayan calendar. NASA has devoted a page on its Web site to tell movie... more »

• EPA cracks the whip on coal-fired power plants

  October 24, 2009 7:00 AM

  In a move praised by activists as a way to save lives but criticized by industry as potentially driving up electricity costs, the Obama administration has agreed to adopt rules reducing toxic emissions of mercury, soot and other chemicals from all coal-fired power plants in the U.S. Activists on... more »

• Biggest economies try again to strike climate deal

  October 18, 2009 6:55 AM

  Money is the key as representatives of the world's 17 biggest and most polluting nations gather in London Sunday to search for a breakthrough on financing efforts to combat global warming. Pressure has been mounting for the United States to finalize its position before a decisive December conference in Denmark... more »

• Study: ‘Runaway’ melt on Antarctica, Greenland

  September 24, 2009 4:19 PM

  The most detailed satellite information available shows that ice sheets in Greenland and western Antarctica are shrinking faster than scientists thought and in some places are already in runaway melt mode, a new study found. "Dynamic thinning of Greenland and Antarctic ice-sheet ocean margins is more sensitive, pervasive, enduring... more »

• UN confronts climate change

  September 22, 2009 8:11 AM

  A day before world leaders start talking politics at the U.N. General Assembly, they'll confront global climate change. The U.N. climate chief says China may be leapfrogging ahead of the United States on legislation to address climate change. As the U.N. opens a one-day climate summit today, Yvo de Boer... more »

• Mercury leaking at closed California mine sites

  September 18, 2009 12:09 PM

  Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California's rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state's major waterways, rendering fish unsafe to eat and risking the health of at least 100,000 impoverished people. But an Associated Press investigation found that the federal government has tried to clean up fewer than a dozen... more »

• Study: Road salt harming many urban streams

  September 17, 2009 9:56 AM

  Many urban streams have become salty enough to harm aquatic life, largely because of salt used for deicing roads in the winter, according to a new government study released Wednesday. The U.S. Geological Survey studied urban streams and groundwater for levels of chloride, a component of salt, in 20... more »

• EPA tightens limits on power plant water pollution

  September 15, 2009 1:09 PM

  For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to strengthen standards for water pollution from coal-fired power plants. The agency said Tuesday that equipment required to reduce air pollution has increased the harmful contaminants in water discharged by power plants. It also said that existing... more »