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Fireball streaks through aurora-filled skies | Space photo of the day for June 5, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

Skywatchers in Chelsea, Canada are treated to a stunning aurora display that has a little something extra.

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A green land mass with streaks of red and white clouds above it showing a volcano eruption of Mt. Etna

Mount Etna's terrifying eruption from orbit | Space photo of the day for June 4, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

A satellite from the European Space Agency captured huge plumes of ash and smoke from Europe's largest volcano.

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A satellite image of Hurricane Helene making landfall as a Category 4 storm on Sept. 26, 2024.

NOAA expects up to 5 major hurricanes in 2025: 'Be prepared'

By Meredith Garofalo published

The 2025 Atlantic Hurricane season expected to be busier than normal, according to NOAA forecasters.

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a snow-covered glacier meets the sea, with rocky mountains visible in the background

NASA satellites show Antarctica has gained ice despite rising global temperatures. How is that possible?

By Patrick Pester published

An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is a temporary anomaly rather than an indication that global warming has reversed, scientists say.

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When lightning bolts collide, do they unleash powerful gamma-ray flashes?

By Julian Dossett published

Scientists get closer to solving the mysterious relationship between lightning and powerful gamma-ray bursts.

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The view of the northern lights during the "Mother's Day" geomagnetic storm on May 10, 2024 from Cleveland, Ohio.

Powerful Mother's Day geomagnetic storm created radio-disrupting bubbles in Earth's upper atmosphere

By Julian Dossett published

Researchers have provided some new insights about the powerful geomagnetic storm that flared up last Mother's Day, after a big solar storm hit Earth.

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people walk down a dark street carrying flashlights

Solar storms and cyberattacks can both cause blackouts. Knowing the difference could save billions of dollars

By Tereza Pultarova published

"Space weather impacts can have the same symptoms as a cyberattack, where systems will be brought down, or lockup, or transmit erroneous information."

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a view of blue Earth rising from below against black shadowy space.

Live 4K video from space! See 24/7 views of Earth from the ISS via Sen cameras

By Josh Dinner published

Witness live views of Earth from the International Space Station as it orbits the planet. Space streaming company Sen is broadcasting 24/7 from the ISS in beautiful 4K HD.

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Artist's illustration of a superstorm erupting from the sun.

The US isn't prepared for a big solar storm, exercise finds

By Tereza Pultarova published

A first-of a-kind space weather "tabletop" exercise has revealed major weaknesses in America's preparedness for major solar storms.

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The Antarctic iceberg A-23A is captured 45 miles (73 kilometers) off the coast of South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean on April 5, 2025 by the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite.

See the world's largest iceberg stranded in the South Atlantic (satellite photo)

By Samantha Mathewson published

A new image from Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite shows the huge Antarctic iceberg A-23A stuck 45 miles (73 kilometers) off the coast of South Georgia Island.

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