Photos in the News

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An archaeologist overturns assumptions about who may have decorated prehistoric European caves.

June 26, 2009
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David Burnett's historic pictures of the Iranian revolution look startlingly similar to images of Tehran protests today. But, the photojournalist makes clear, looks aren't everything.

June 26, 2009
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Revelers ring in summer, buses burn in Iran's capital, Catholics get muddy, and more in this week's best news photos.

June 25, 2009
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See the full-scale re-creation of the top secret Nazi plane that could have turned the tide of World War II—as well as the last surviving example of "Hitler's stealth fighter."

June 25, 2009
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Mysterious glowing blobs of gas in the deep universe are mysteries no more: The clouds appear when galaxies are in the process of slowing down their own growth, new x-ray images suggest.

June 24, 2009
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Called a "photographer's liberation," Kodachrome produced clear, vivid color photographs that drastically changed National Geographic magazine. Kodak announced Monday it will cease production of the iconic medium.

June 24, 2009
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A 3-D sunspot debuts, the clock keeps ticking for the latest space shuttle launch, a couple ties the knot while weightless, and more in this week's best space pictures.

June 23, 2009
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The great American roller coaster celebrates its 125th anniversary this month. Follow the twists and turns of coaster chronicles via pictures of history-making, stomach-churning scream machines.

June 22, 2009
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See an ultralight hang glider fly in formation with cranes, a bright-green Chinese lake, and hundreds of thousands protesting in Iran in this week's selection of the best news pictures.

June 18, 2009
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High-resolution pictures of a Martian valley have revealed three-billion-year-old shorelines along what was once a body of water about the size of Lake Champlain, researchers say.

June 18, 2009
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"Pregnant" seahorses, ferocious egg-carrying water bugs, and midwife monkeys—meet some of the dedicated fathers that are rarities in the animal kingdom.

June 18, 2009
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A small, ostrich-like dinosaur found in China may shed light on how bird wings evolved from dinosaur limbs, a new study suggests.

June 17, 2009
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See an E.T.-like amphibian, a prickly lizard, a katydid that sends vibrating valentines, and more—all potential new species found in remote Ecuadorian mountains.

June 16, 2009
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A leaky hose connection scuttles a shuttle launch, a moon carves mile-high waves in Saturn's rings, unexpected winds leave their fingerprint on Titan, and more in this week's best space pictures.

June 16, 2009
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New camera-trap pictures of snow leopards in icy Afghan mountains have given conservationists "real hope" for the secretive predator's recovery.

June 11, 2009

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