Sports: ‘The Grind,’ ‘Billion-Dollar Ball’ and More by IHSAN TAYLOR

By IHSAN TAYLOR

New books about sports include looks at baseball’s “endless season” and the lives of today’s greatest marathoners.

Published: December 5, 2015 at 07:00PM

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Water World

Although Enceladus and Saturn’s rings are largely made up of water ice, they show very different characteristics. via NASA http://ift.tt/1IvHEuX

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After Uncertainty, New Start for Syrian Family in Germany by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Just before dawn, a worker shook the matriarch of the refugee family out of sleep at their asylum center in a depressed German town.

Published: November 29, 2015 at 11:39PM

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Race to Settle Budget Fight Means Resolving Policy Disputes by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Farm-state lawmakers are trying to thwart new clean water rules.

Published: November 28, 2015 at 04:21AM

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A Precocious Black Hole

In July 2015, researchers announced the discovery of a black hole that grew much more quickly than its host galaxy. The discovery calls into question previous assumptions on development of galaxies. The black hole was discovered using the Hubble Space Telescope, and detected in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, by ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra. via NASA http://ift.tt/1jnIyTy

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Hubble Captures a Galactic Waltz

This curious galaxy — only known by the seemingly random jumble of letters and numbers 2MASX J16270254+4328340 — has been captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope dancing the crazed dance of a galactic merger. The galaxy has merged with another galaxy leaving a fine mist, made of millions of stars, spewing from it in long trails. via NASA http://ift.tt/1P8Z0p1

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Historic Formation Flight of NASA’s WB-57s Over Houston

NASA’s three WB-57s fly over foggy downtown Houston, Texas during their historic formation flight over the area on Nov. 19, 2015. This photo flight was the first time that all three WB-57s have been aloft simultaneously since the early 1970s, when the U.S. Air Force had an operational squadron of WB-57s. via NASA http://ift.tt/1ji4Q97

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German Financial Giant Allianz Reducing Coal Investments by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

German financial group Allianz SE says it will over the next six months decrease investments in companies using coal and boost funding on those focused on wind power.

Published: November 23, 2015 at 11:26PM

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Pfizer and Chipotle Are Big Market Movers by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:

Published: November 23, 2015 at 11:29AM

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Deliverer by Squareburn

Counting down the days till I come home, the Northumberland Coast is much more appealing than a Rig in Angola!! but I’m shooting what I have available!!

Camera: Nikon D5100
Lens: AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 25mm
Exposure: 1/100 Sec
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 200
Handheld

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Springtime in the South Atlantic

The springtime phytoplankton communities shown in this image were spotted between the Falkland Islands to the west and South Georgia Island to the east by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite on November 16, 2015. via NASA http://ift.tt/1QEaqkM

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Northwest Australia From the Space Station’s EarthKAM

This image of the northwest corner of Australia was snapped by a student on Earth after remotely controlling the Sally Ride EarthKAM aboard the International Space Station. The program allows students to request photographs of specific Earth features, which are taken by a special camera mounted on the station when it passes over these features. via NASA http://ift.tt/1S95YrK

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Nov. 19, 1969, Apollo 12 Lunar Module Intrepid

The Apollo 12 Lunar Module (LM), in a lunar landing configuration, is photographed in lunar orbit from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) on Nov. 19, 1969. Aboard the LM were astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander; and Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot. via NASA http://ift.tt/1lwOF9L

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Cloud Patterns Over the Prince Edward Islands

Early November 2015 brought cloudy skies and intriguing patterns over the Prince Edward Islands in the South Indian Ocean. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured this scene on November 5. via NASA http://ift.tt/1MV1RLD

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The G.O.P.’s Myopia on Coal by RAÚL M. GRIJALVA

By RAÚL M. GRIJALVA

Republicans have ignored efforts to help the industry comply with looming emissions standards.

Published: November 17, 2015 at 07:00PM

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A Brighter Moon

Although Dione (near) and Enceladus (far) are composed of nearly the same materials, Enceladus has a considerably higher reflectivity than Dione. via NASA http://ift.tt/1HVSs50

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Fingerprints of Water on the Sand

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren took this photograph on Nov. 11, 2015 from the International Space Station. Lindgren wrote, “The delicate fingerprints of water imprinted on the sand. The #StoryOfWater.” via NASA http://ift.tt/1Mxtpaz

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