Latest articles by Andrea Thompson
Reference A supernova is what happens when a star has reached the end of its life and explodes in a brilliant burst of light.
It looks like a ghostly medieval tower — like something out of "Game of Thrones" — looming over the crystal-blue Caribbean waters of the Bahamas.
NASA's OCO-2 satellite observed carbon dioxide response to one of strongest El Niños on record.
An iceberg could shed light on warming-fueled fate of Antarctica.
Weather was the main driver, but climate change was likely a factor.
A look at the spacecraft that met their end on the Red Planet.
Want to see the beauty of the northern lights, but don't want to sit out in the freezing cold? There's an app for that: A scientist is developing an app with real-time views of Alaska's auroras.
Two satellites snapped pictures of Hurricane Raymond of the Pacific coast of Mexico just a day apart, -- it was only a tropical storm one day, but a major hurricane the next.
Damage path appears as beige streak across the Oklahoma landscape.
Crater is four to five times bigger than famed Meteor Crater.
Home of the hottest temperature on Earth also gets 'Gold Tier' rating for spectacular night skies.
Scientists with Russia's Ural Federal University say they've found 53 meteorite fragments from the Feb. 15 fireball.
Flash came from storms sweeping across eastern U.S.
The clouds punch into the stratosphere and indicated strong storms.
A storm from the Atlantic and cold air from Scandinavia combined to create snow conditions.
Suomi NPP satellite sees mass of marine layer clouds.
La Reunion and Mauritius took a beating from the winds and rain.
Improvements help space telescope detect more terrestrial gamma-ray flashes.
Satellite spots Sandy becoming a remnant low pressure system.
Rafael is the ninth hurricane of a busy 2012 Atlantic season.
