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Hayley Arceneaux enjoying views from the tailor-made cupola in the Dragon Crew capsule.

Space photos: The most amazing images this week!

By Doris Elin Urrutia

See the best photos on Space.com this week.

The 2021 ozone hole over Antarctica is among the 25% largest in recorded history.

This year's giant Antarctic ozone hole possibly due to climate change

By Tereza Pultarova

A giant ozone hole has opened up over Antarctica this year and climate change might be the cause.

A view of the Allen Telescope Array shows antennas under a smoke-filled sky and a red-tinged sun on Sept. 7, 2021.

Massive California fire comes within miles of alien-hunting radio telescope array

By Meghan Bartels

Climate change on Earth — and the brutal repercussions it causes — might interfere with the search for life far beyond our own planet.

Tropical Storm Nicholas spreading heavy rains as far as New Orleans as it approaches Houston in this satellite image captured by NOAA's GOES East satellite.

Tropical Storm Nicholas batters Texas coast after making landfall as hurricane

By Tereza Pultarova

Satellites captured strengthening Tropical Storm Nicholas as it neared the coast of Texas before pouring down over ten inches of rain in only a few hours.

On July 30, 2021, Shenzhou 12 astronaut Tang Hongbo photographed the spectacular scenery of thousands of lights on the North African continent.

China's Shenzhou 12 astronauts send back stunning images of Earth (photos)

By Andrew Jones

China's Shenzhou 12 astronauts have sent back stunning images taken out of small windows of the Tianhe space station module in low Earth orbit.

The sideways Earth glimmers in this photo taken from the International Space Station

The world turns sideways in trippy, glowing Earth photo from the International Space Station

By Brandon Specktor

ISS astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured a trippy new photo of orange 'airglow' streaming past the sideways Earth.

A recent view of Lower Manhattan, where a 9/11 National Memorial and Museum has been built.

20 years after 9/11: How satellites tracking disasters have changed

By Samantha Mathewson

As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, satellite images show the devastation caused by the terror attacks that day and the evolution of disaster monitoring from space.

At least three different oil slicks are visible in the area of East Timbalier National Wildlife Refuge, south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana.

In Hurricane Ida's wake, satellite images show oil slicks in Gulf of Mexico

By Samantha Mathewson

Satellite images capture aerial views of an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida's landfall on Aug. 29.

Hurricane Larry rages above the Atlantic Ocean in this image captured by NASA astronaut Megan McArthur at the International Space Station on Sept. 7, 2021.

Astronauts spot Hurricane Larry from space (photos)

By Hanneke Weitering

As Hurricane Larry churned through the Atlantic Ocean this weekend, astronauts at the International Space Station kept a watchful eye on the storm from space.

An artist's illustration of a greenhouse in space inside a Nanoracks StarLab Outpost module.

Nanoracks' spinoff aims to bring food production to Earth's deserts and orbital space

By Tereza Pultarova

High-tech solar-powered greenhouses inspired by technology developed for missions to the moon and Mars could soon grow food in Arabian deserts as well as in orbit around Earth, Nanoracks plans.

For centuries, sailors have told tales of huge swaths of ocean glowing on dark nights.

Scientists are using new satellite tech to find glow-in-the-dark milky seas of maritime lore

By Steven D. Miller

For centuries, sailors have been reporting strange encounters like this one.

The GeoEye-1 satellite captured this image of flooding in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on Sept. 2, 2021.

Satellite images show extreme flooding in New Jersey in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida

By Chelsea Gohd

The epic storm that swept across the eastern United States this week hit New Jersey so hard that satellites saw the damage from space.

A view of smoke billowing across the skies of California on Aug. 29, 2021, captured by NASA astronaut Megan McArthur aboard the International Space Station.

Astronaut watches California wildfires spewing smoke from space (photos)

By Meghan Bartels

Astronauts living and working on the International Space Station continue to monitor fires burning across California during a particularly serious fire season.

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California's Caldor Fire seen from space in harrowing satellite images (gallery)

By Christine Lunsford

The Caldor Fire, one of the largest in California's history, has been blazing since Aug. 14, 2021.

Mount Etna as seen during its 50th eruption of 2021 on Aug. 30 by the Sentinel 2 satellite.

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).

A view of Earth from space as seen by NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory, or DSCOVR, a million miles away.

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 fan detached and damaged by Hurricane Ida as seen on the roof of the main manufacturing building at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.

NASA tallies Hurricane Ida damage to Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans

By Meghan Bartels

NASA personnel at the agency's manufacturing facility in Louisiana are continuing to evaluate damage caused by Hurricane Ida, which made landfall on Sunday (Aug. 29).

La Place, Louisiana, as seen on Aug. 31, 2021 by Maxar Technologies' WorldView-2 satellite.

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.

The NASA/NOAA GOES-East satellite captured this photo of Tropical Storm Ida in the early morning hours of Aug. 30.

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.

NASA's new Landsat 9 Earth-observation satellite is secured inside its payload fairing for a planned September 2021 launch into orbit on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

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.