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Is that wildfire smoke plume hazardous? New satellite tech can map smoke plumes in 3D for better air quality alerts at neighborhood scale
For most of the past decade, forecasters have been able to use satellites to track these smoke plumes, but the view was only two-dimensional
Earth’s 'oldest' impact crater is much younger than previously thought – new study
Unravelling Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business.
Mysterious boost to Earth's spin will make today one of the shortest days on record
A strange shift in Earth's rotation is making our days milliseconds shorter — and scientists are racing to understand why.
Space hurricanes are real — and they wreak more havoc than we thought
Space hurricanes can shake Earth's magnetic field and scramble satellites without a solar storm in sight.
Ghana has a rare treasure, a crater made when a meteor hit Earth: why it needs to be protected
The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is well preserved, making it a hotspot for space research.
Satellites are helping protect critically endangered desert elephants. Here's how
GPS tracking and high-resolution satellite images are helping humans coexist with endangered elephants in western Namibia.
Big lake in Quebec suddenly disappears, satellite finds | Space photo of the day for August 1, 2025
The lake was completely drained in the spring of 2025.
Satellites reveal a hidden lake burst through Greenland Ice Sheet in 2014, causing major flooding and a deep crater
The event released 23.8 billion gallons (90 million cubic meters) of meltwater over the course of 10 days.
