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Intense Auroras Fueled by Sun Storm

A new time-lapse video shows spectacular northern lights, triggered by this week's solar storm, over the Swedish province of Lapland.
Big Solar Storm Hits Earth

A massive flare on the sun has sparked the most intense solar storm since 2005, raising the odds of seeing auroras in the coming nights.
New Time-Lapse: Storms From Space

A new time-lapse video taken from the International Space Station shows stars flowing over Earth's lightning storms and green airglow.
Photos: South Pole Trek, 100 Years On

A century after British explorer Robert Scott reached the South Pole, "incredibly rich," rarely seen pictures give an inside look at the ill-fated expedition.
Tsunami Science Pictures

A tsunami strikes almost every year. When and where will the next giant wave hit?
Russian Probe to Crash Sunday?

Visible to the naked eye, the failed Mars probe Phobos-Grunt should soon crash into Earth like a "surreal comet," experts say.

Zodiacal Light Rising

Once mistook for campfires and volcanoes, the faint cone of light caused by interplanetary dust will be visible for the next two weeks.
Sizing Up the Supermoon

Just how much bigger than average was Saturday's supermoon? Princeton professor Robert Vanderbei uses lunar pictures to crunch the numbers.
Mercury MESSENGER 101

As NASA's first Mercury orbiter approaches the tiny planet, get the facts behind the mission and find out what scientists hope to learn.

Rocket City Rednecks

Wednesdays at 9P and 9:30P

Meet a group of backwoods Alabama geniuses who tackle problems with hillbilly ingenuity.
Mad Scientists

Wednesdays at 10P and 10:30P

Travel across America with host John Bowler as he seeks out the weirdest inventions.
National Geographic Investigates

Fridays at 8P, 9P, and 10P et/pt

Get up close with some of the world's most fascinating underground communities, from gangs to cults to organized crime families.

Panama's Big Dig Pictures

Who were the golden chiefs of Panama? Photographer David Coventry investigates the ancient cemetery that is yielding extraordinary gold artifacts.
Twins Pictures

They have the same piercing eyes. The same color hair. One may be shy, while the other loves meeting new people. Twins could reveal how genes and the environment interact to make us who we are.
Afar Depression Pictures

In Africa's Afar depression, pastoral tribes and salt traders survive amid a surreal landscape of fissures, faults, and a boiling lake of lava.