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Satellite images show parts of Jamaica in ruins after record-breaking Hurricane Melissa
By Meredith Garofalo published
New satellite imagery captures the complete devastation across Jamaica left in the wake of deadly Hurricane Melissa.

Scientists discover oldest air on record trapped in 6-million-year-old Antarctic ice
By Stefanie Waldek published
Scientists working with the Center for Oldest Ice Exploration (COLDEX) have collected the oldest directly dated ice cores ever drilled: 6 million years old.

Satellite images show 'mesovortices' forming around the eye of deadly Hurricane Melissa
By Elizabeth Howell published
Footage from a NOAA satellite taken Oct. 28 shows Melissa’s deadly spin as it moves across the Caribbean.

Peering into the eye of Hurricane Melissa | Space photo of the day for Oct. 30, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite captured high-resolution views inside the eye of the powerful Hurricane Melissa.

Satellite photos show White House East Wing demolished to make way for Trump ballroom
By Brett Tingley published
Satellite photos taken by Planet depict the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to make room for the planned Trump Ballroom.

Earth photobombs the sun in satellite image | Space photo of the day for Oct. 23, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
A new image from NOAA's GOES-19 satellite has captured a rate celestial cameo: Earth itself appearing in the view of the spacecraft's solar coronagraph.

Satellites watch glaciers melting in Patagonia | Space photo of the day for Oct. 22, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
New satellite imagery from the European Space Agency reveals nearly four decades of dramatic ice loss for two of Patagonia's largest glaciers.

Scientists discover 1st evidence of 4.5-billion-year-old 'proto-Earth' buried deep within our planet
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Ancient rocks from Greenland, Canada and Hawaii preserve a rare chemical fingerprint that may come from the Earth before the moon-forming impact, a new study reports.
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