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Ozone Wipeout In October 2022, humanity narrowly avoided a disaster of epic proportions. A powerful supernova some 1.9 billion light-years away rocked the universe, sending a massive burst of gamma rays toward the Earth. At the time, astronomers dubbed the flareup the BOAT – the brightest of all time. It was an exceedingly rare event, […]

At 8:28 p.m. EST on November 9, 2023, NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment, or AWE, lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the 29th commercial resupply mission (CRS-29) for NASA. An uncrewed SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying AWE and over 6,000 pounds of

Last year the brightest flash of light ever seen in the night sky disturbed Earth's upper atmosphere in a way that has never before detected before, researchers said on Tuesday. The BOAT also affected the upper ionosphere -- the very first time a gamma-ray burst has been observed in this section of the atmosphere, a team of Italian and Chinese researchers said on Tuesday. 

On Oct. 31, the sun unleashed a powerful eruption, carving a vast 'canyon of fire' in the sun's southern hemisphere.

University of Leicester astronomers confirm the existence of an infrared (IR) aurora on Uranus. The presence of an infrared aurora on the cold, outer planet of Uranus has been confirmed for the first time by University of Leicester astronomers. The discovery could shed light on the mysteries b

This contamination could change how light bends or ice crystals grow.

Last month may have been the hottest June on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, but July is already on track to set a similar record. Right now, the U.S. south and southwest, which are already suffering excessive heat, are preparing for conditions to get even worse as a record-breaking heat wave […]

The stunning display of lights from outer space is expected to be visible in states from Alaska to Maryland. Here's how and when you can see the aurora borealis.

ETs and UAPs are real

Ahead of next year's total solar eclipse, the last to occur in the US until 2044, five NASA-funded research projects will study the Sun.