The life of an astronaut
American, Canadian and Russian astronauts offer a peek into what life is like preparing for launch and being up in space.
outer space
Baltimore neighborhoods
Baltimore street photographers
Year in review
Freddie Gray: protests, aftermath
24 hours with...
A. Aubrey Bodine
Viewing Baltimore from above
The week ahead: December 16-22
A look at what’s coming up on the East Coast and around the world. This week, that includes a Fed meeting, Detroit bankruptcy hearings and the end of the VW ‘bus.’
Sunday’s solar eclipse burned, burned, burned, like a ring of fire
The western region of the United States and other countries along the Pacific rim caught a glimpse of the first solar eclipse of the year on Sunday. While, 2011 saw a handful of partial solar eclipses, spectators got to see what’s called an annular eclipse, or a so-called “ring of fire.” This occurs when the moon, appearing slightly smaller than the sun, passes before it to create an annulus, or ring, in the sky.