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Hurricane Ian battered Cuba and turned toward the west coast of Florida on Tuesday (Sept. 26) as satellites track the harrowing storm from space.

NASA officials will be discussing the rollback of Artemis 1 Tuesday (Sept. 27) to shelter from Hurricane Ian. The livestream starts at 2 p.m. EDT.

Cameras aboard the International Space Station are providing a birds-eye view of Hurricane Ian as it churns northward toward Florida.

Artemis 1 will begin rolling back from the launch pad on Monday (Aug. 26) to seek out shelter in NASA's nearby Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida.

An astronaut's photo of Mount Ruapehu, the real-life "Mount Doom" volcano shows the contrast between the hydrothermal lake at its summit and the snow surrounding its peak.

The explosive Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic event spewed so much moisture that it increased the global average of atmospheric water vapor by 5%.

NASA's DART spacecraft is closing in on its appointment with Dimorphos, but the energetic encounter is just the very speartip of global efforts to keep life on Earth safe from asteroid impacts.

Zodiacal light is a phenomenon that occurs when sunlight is scattered by interplanetary dust. Until the full moon on Oct. 9, this light will be visible along the eastern horizon in the predawn hours.

Satellites watch the Atlantic hurricane season of 2022 pick up momentum after a slow start as hurricane Fiona becomes a Category 4 hurricane and four more tropical depressions brew above the ocean.

Autumn arrives on Thursday (Sept. 22) with the autumnal equinox, but only in the Northern Hemisphere.

Massive volcanic eruptions may have played an important role in mass extinctions throughout history, including the one that killed the dinosaurs.

NASA will try out planetary defense technology with its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) this month, but don't worry — it's not because a space rock is just about to hit us.

Earth-imaging satellites have spied the massive crowds that gathered in London for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

Satellites are watching as Hurricane Fiona, currently a Category 1 storm, pummels Caribbean islands.

A new study that reassessed decades of work of climate "tipping points" has revealed they are more numerous and closer to being triggered than researchers initially feared.

Hundreds of thousands of people will join 'The Queue' in London to pay respects to Queen Elizabeth II.

Tropical Storm Fiona developed over the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday (Sept. 14) and could eventually become a hurricane. Weather satellites are tracking the storm as it moves through the Caribbean.

A spinoff from the space shuttle program is offering people in menopause with relief from hot flashes, NASA says.