A powerful and sprawling storm is moving across the country and spawning severe thunderstorms with hurricane-force wind gusts ...

This 2023 astronaut photo shows a series of slowly moving "star dunes" in the Erg Chebbi region of Morocco. Most of these massive structures are likely several centuries old.

Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous, continent-sized structures known as LLVPs. Scientists once believed these ...

Firefly’s lunar landing is NASA’s second CLPS mission. The first took place last year, when Intuitive Machines—another Texas-based private space company—sent its lander to the Moon in February 2024.

NOAA satellites paired with AI data analysis also generate alerts but over a wider area. They can detect heat signatures, map fire perimeters and burned areas, and track smoke and pollutants to assess ...

Lighter winds in South Carolina and North Carolina are helping firefighters battle blazes that caused evacuations and ...

Developed at NASA JPL, the science instrument gives researchers a more detailed picture of high-temperature surfaces, such as land scorched by wildfire, than previous infrared instruments.

Ross Macdonald’s “The Underground Man” is exquisitely attuned to the Californian landscape—how it rises, falls, smells, and, ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost probe is expected to land no earlier than Sunday, March 2, 2025 in the wee hours before dawn.

There’s the human wonder of the ancient Buddhist temple of Borobudur, and the natural wonder of Merapi, Indonesia’s most ...

A wildfire erupted on remote Amsterdam Island in January 2025, scorching over half its landmass and forcing the evacuation of ...