NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite captured this view of Hurricane Ian south of Florida on Sept. 26, 2022. CIRA/RAMMB/NOAA Extreme weather and the ongoing impacts of the global climate crisis took a…
Record rains, brought on by a series of atmospheric river storms, hit the Central Coast and Santa Barbara County, causing damage and flooding at the popular Western-style Alisal Ranch and…
Our Milky Way’s center is normally hidden from standard, optical telescopes due to clouds of dust and gas. But the Spitzer Space Telescope’s infrared cameras penetrated much of the dust, revealing stars…
ShadowCam is a hypersensitive camera designed to see into shadowy areas of the moon, like the interior of Shackleton crater seen here. NASA/KARI/Arizona State University The moon doesn’t have a…
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) as observed from Mount Fuji, Japan. SpaceWeatherGallery.com/Akihiro Yamazaki For skywatchers, one of the headline attractions of the year is already here, as the brightest comet of…
Our Milky Way’s center is normally hidden from standard, optical telescopes due to clouds of dust and gas. But the Spitzer Space Telescope’s infrared cameras penetrated much of the dust, revealing stars…
Hello, Zhurong rover and Tianwen-1 lander. This selfie comes from a remote camera set on the surface of Mars. CNSA This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series…
An X 1.2 class solar flare recorded on Jan. 5, 2022. NASA/SDO A powerful solar flare exploded on the surface of the sun late Thursday from a complex sunspot that…
The vaccine targets American Foulbrood, a deadly disease caused by a bacteria known as Paenibacillus larvae. Getty Images/NurPhoto The US Department of Agriculture approved a vaccine for honeybees on Jan.…
NASA’s retired Earth Radiation Budget Satellite reached the final stage of its existence on Jan. 8. NASA Here’s one for the “what goes up must come down” file. NASA’s Earth…
