Mars rover Perseverance set for 2nd sample-collection attempt (photo) By Mike Wall NASA's Perseverance rover is on track to collect its first-ever Mars sample in the next few days.
Mount Etna volcano erupts for 50th time of 2021 in this satellite photo By Tereza Pultarova The European Sentinel 2 satellite has flown over Mount Etna just as the volcano, the most active in Europe, erupted for the 50th time this year on Sunday (Aug 29).
How fast is Earth moving? By Elizabeth Howell Earth moves around the sun and across the universe on its axis and at an incredible rate.
A quarter of sunlike stars eat their own planets, according to new research By Lorenzo Spina How rare is our solar system? In the 30 years or so since planets were first discovered orbiting stars other than our sun, we have found that planetary systems are common in the galaxy.
Damage from Hurricane Ida seen from space (satellite photos) By Mike Wall We're getting a bird's-eye view of some of the damage Ida has wrought, thanks to before-and-after photos snapped by Maxar Technologies' WorldView-2 satellite.
Satellites track huge Tropical Storm Ida at night from space (photos) By Mike Wall Powerful eyes in the sky watched the menacing maelstrom Ida churn through the southern United States, even at night.
The launch of NASA's new Landsat 9 satellite has been delayed by a liquid nitrogen shortage By Amy Thompson The launch of NASA's Earth-observing Landsat 9 satellite will be delayed a week due to a shortage of liquid nitrogen.
Quantum crystal could reveal the identity of dark matter By Adam Mann By entangling the motion and quantum properties of a beryllium crystal, scientists have achieved unprecedented precision for measuring electromagnetic waves.
Could climate change make humans go extinct? By Patrick Pester Humanity is feeling the effects of climate change around the world, but could climate change make humans go extinct?
Satellite tracks vicious Caldor Fire spread in California in time-lapse video By Tereza Pultarova NOAA's GOES 17 satellite has captured this video of Caldor Fire as the blaze spread south of Lake Tahoe and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents.
'Radio colors' from mysterious deep-space flashes reveal lone stellar corpse as source By Charles Q. Choi Mysterious repeating pulses of radio waves may come from a hitherto unknown kind of extraordinarily powerful cosmic magnet, and not pairs of stars as previously suggested, a new study finds.
Primordial black holes may flood the universe. Could one hit Earth? By Paul Sutter What are the chances that a primordial black hole forged in the earliest moments of the universe will come wandering toward Earth?
Watch a supermassive black hole fest in mesmerizing new simulation (video) By Doris Elin Urrutia There's no consensus yet on how supermassive black holes form, but a new mesmerizing simulation is taking a crack at that question like never before.
Hurricane Ida from space: Photos from astronauts and satellites By Tariq Malik Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana as a Category 4 storm, the first U.S. landfall of 2021. See photos of the hurricane from space here.
Amazing Hubble telescope photo shows space 'sword' piercing huge celestial 'heart' By Mike Wall A flaming blue sword seems to pierce a giant cosmic heart in a gorgeous new photo captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
See Hurricane Ida from 1 million miles away in this NOAA satellite view By Tariq Malik The sheer size of Hurricane Ida when it made landfall on Sunday was clearly visible from a NOAA satellite 1 million miles away.
'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Louisiana with 150 mph winds By Tia Ghose Hurricane Ida, an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane, made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, at 11:55 a.m. local time on Sunday.
When Greenland was green: Rapid global warming 55 million years ago shows us what the future may hold By Milo Barham, Jussi Hovikoski, Michael B.W. Fyhn Frozen northeast Greenland seems an unlikely place to gain insight into our ever-warming world.
Alien 'Dyson spheres' could be harvesting the power of black holes By Adam Mann Researchers show how intelligent aliens might draw nearly-limitless power from a black hole using a Dyson sphere.
Satellite photos show final US evacuation efforts from Kabul airport in Afghanistan By Tariq Malik Satellite photos are capturing final views of the U.S. evacuation effort from Kabul, Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover.
