A dazzling photo of 'black hole' on Earth
A Korean satellite has caught an eye-catching view of an island in Mexico known for a deep, rocky hole and waters so dark that they earned it the name Holbox, a name that means "black hole."Full story
Cosmic Log: Black holes make space-time splash
No one's ever seen a black hole up close, but physicists can nevertheless visualize how two colliding black holes send ripples through space-time like waves on the ocean. Full story
Did black hole cause powerful star explosion?
A huge, powerful star explosion detonated in deep space last week — an ultra-bright conflagration that has astronomers scratching their heads over exactly how it happened. Full story
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Jan. 4: Nightly News Tuesday broadcast
As Obama returns, new battle lines drawn; Tea Party contingent arrives on Capitol Hill; Navy officer fired over lewd videos; Second deluge of dead birds falls in Southeast; Billions lost in earmarks black hole; Tax day delayed; Songwriter Gerry Rafferty dies; Precocious 'presidential scholar' video
Money for nothing: Billions lost in earmarks black hole
While many members of the incoming congress have made it clear they want to do away with earmarks, an NBC News/USA Today investigation has found that billions of dollars allocated for those projects over the past 20 years have gone unspent. NBC's Tom Costello reports.
Smashing time!
Researchers are trying to create the Big Bang conditions that led to the formation of the earth at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva. Harold Hastings with Hofstra Univ. explains the latest success in the project.
Supercollider switches back on
Nov. 20: Scientists in Geneva, Switzerland said Friday that the world's largest atom-smasher is back up and running. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
End of the world as we know it?
Sept. 10: MSNBC's Willie Geist takes a look at a recipe that has more security guards than the president, checks out the new Sarah Palin action figure, and talks about how the Earth may be sucked into a black hole sometime today.
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