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The latest forecasts for Tropical Storm Arthur show it well off the coast of the Delmarva peninsula as it passes by on the Fourth of July, but before that it could strike the Outer Banks as a Category 1 hurricane.

Tropical Storm Arthur is forecast brush the mid-Atlantic coast on the Fourth of July, while a cold front could deliver storms and heavy downpours.

The season's first Atlantic tropical depression has formed and could become Tropical Storm Arthur on Tuesday. But its potential impact on July 4 celebrations remains unclear.

Maryland government officials should try to get more economic ripples from the Wallops Flight Facility — just over the line in Virginia — by capitalizing on space tourism and the potential from unmanned aircraft, according to a new study.

After an early hand injury to starting goalie Matt Russell (Navy), Maxx Davis (Friends, UMBC) moved from his usual midfield spot to the cage, making 15 saves to lead Team STX to a 19-13 win over Maverik United on the LXM Pro Tour on Saturday.

Erik Krum (Salisbury) had a hat trick and Maverik United came from behind to beat Team STX, 13-12, in the LXM Pro Series at Heritage Park in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson, Nev., on Saturday.

A rocket streaked through the sky Tuesday night in Maryland and for hundreds of miles across the eastern U.S. as NASA launched a mission from the Delmarva peninsula.

Scientists suspect they lost contact with the spacecraft Deep Impact because of a software glitch similar to what caused the "Y2K" panic in 1999, when a system is built to accept only limited parameters of time.

With the launch of two high-profile rocket missions from Wallops Island this month, Maryland's future as a gateway to outer space looks bright

Joan B. McClernan, a retired real estate broker and animal lover, died May 23 from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Stella Maris Hospice. She was 79.

They left Baltimore on Friday by cruise ship and came back Tuesday by charter jet. The passengers from the Grandeur of the Seas arrived safely and with sea stories to last a lifetime.

William Charles Brubaker, a retired aeronautical engineer who was a founding trombone player in the Baltimore Colts Marching Band, died at Sinai Hospital Feb. 12 of complications of injuries he suffered near his Lutherville home. Family members said he had been struck by a vehicle while walking last year. He was 91.

Our holiday celebrations were altered this year. Dinners were held later or earlier because of bad weather predicted. Meetings were canceled. Schools delayed or canceled.

Hundreds of thousands of Baltimore Gas and Electric customers could lose power during Hurricane Sandy, officials warn.

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, in North Laurel, has come up with a wide array of scientific firsts and grown to be Howard County second largest ...

Q&A with Helen Delich Bentley, who believes U.S. lost upper hand in merchant shipping by not pursuing nuclear-powered commercial vessels like the N/S Savannah.

The Dragon, the world's first commercial space capsule to dock to the International Space Station, is carrying with it a Maryland high school student's science project

SpaceX is trying to become the first private company to dock a spacecraft with the International Space Station

The SpaceX mission to resupply the International Space Station marks a new era in space flight.

Hearing in Annapolis on Atlantic offshore oil and gas exploration

Johns Hopkins has long been know for its association with top space researchers. But for the first time, the university is creating a path of study for space-obsessed undergraduates.

NASA facility in Greenbelt built key instrument package

Dr. Joseph Vincent Brady, an internationally known behavioral neuroscientist and pioneer in human space research who established the department of behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Friday of multiple organ failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 89.

Dr. Joseph Vincent Brady, an internationally known behavioral neuroscientist and pioneer in human space research who established the department of behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Friday of multiple organ failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 89.

Weather postponed Tuesday's launch of the ORS-1 satellite attached to the Minotaur 1 rocket, according to NASA officials, leaving spectators in the Mid-Atlantic to wait for another day.

ORS-1 satellite will ride Minotaur rocket