International Space Station Facts
Rick DeLuca
The pinkish orangey hues of Antarctica’s Danger Islands aren’t due to minerals in the rocks or lichens covering them. Instead, the color comes…
The Perseids are back! One of the year’s brightest and most popular meteor showers has been ramping up since early July and will sparkle in th…
A solar eclipse, one of the year's best meteor showers, Venus at its brightest in the evening sky, and a lunar eclipse to close out the month.
356 billion short tons in the lower 48, led by Wyoming, and at least 140 billion short tons in Alaska – enough to last 600 years
New research led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has revealed the identity of a puzzling near-Earth o…
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
On June 24, 2026, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck northern Venezuela, followed under a minute later by a magnitude 7.5 mainshock. Together, …
El Niño, characterized by warmer-than-normal water temperatures in parts of the equatorial Pacific, made its return in June 2026. Observations…