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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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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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