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Data from NASA satellites show a plunge in freshwater on Earth since May 2014, with 13 of the 30 most powerful droughts across the globe having taken place since January 2015.

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Drought conditions expanded to record-breaking levels across the US during the month of October as temperatures also climbed to record highs.
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Rafael made landfall in Cuba Wednesday (Nov. 6), and NOAA's GOES satellites have been monitoring the storm every step of the way.

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A X2.3 solar flare Wednesday morning (Nov. 6), leading to shortwave radio blackouts for parts of the southern hemisphere.

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The sun erupted with an X-class solar flare on Halloween, and solar activity is expected to remain high through Nov. 3.

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Solar Cycle 25 remains in its maximum phase, and more powerful sun storms are likely to come over the next few months, experts say.

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A powerful X-class solar flare that erupted on Tuesday (Oct. 8) could generate a strong geomagnetic storm Thursday (Oct. 10) and Friday (Oct. 11), possibly leading to supercharged auroras.

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The SOHO spacecraft captured amazing imagery of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) zooming near the sun as the star unleashed a powerful X flare.

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An X2.1 solar flare erupted from the prolific sunspot AR 3842 on Monday (Oct. 7), triggering radio blackout across North and South America.

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College students are making "waves" with a discovery they made during the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023.

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Just when we thought the sun was taking a bit of a break, the sunspot AR3842 fired off two powerful solar flares, including a monster X7.1.

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Temperature fluctuations above Antarctica in winter show the earliest warming of the stratosphere on record.

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The sun unleashed an X1.3-class solar flare on Thursday (Sept. 12), increasing the likelihood of widespread auroras this weekend.

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Hurricane Francine, the sixth storm of this year's Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall on the Louisiana coast late afternoon on Wednesday.
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Satellites operated by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration watched Tropical Storm Francine strengthen as it approaches the Gulf Coast.

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NOAA is researching how to update its Space Weather Scales and how it can better communicate its space weather forecasts with the public and government agencies.

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NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System successfully spread its "wings" in space.

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Three U.S. teams in NASA's Deep Space Food Finale won a combination of $1.25 million for developing delicious and safe food for astronauts.

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A recent study confirms a European rock formation likely holds the clues to what was once a "snowball Earth."

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For the first time in more than 20 years, the daily record for sunspots is likely to be broken during Solar Cycle 25.

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July is in the books as yet another record-setting month of extreme heat and weather.

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Getting a live play-by-play of astronauts on the moon could be possible through laser communications during future Artemis missions.

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AI space biotech company shares with Space.com how a new research project in space will help benefit cancer patients on Earth.

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Active sunspot AR3777 fired off the strongest of its three solar flares this week, sending another CME to impact Earth this weekend with a possible geomagnetic storm.
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