In 2016, 10 unusual dark cloud holes swirling in vortices were detected in the airspace over Heard Island. (Image credit: NASA/Landsat/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS) FAST FACTS Where is it? Heard Island, Indian Ocean [-53.116414344, 73.51793263] What’s in the photo? An unusual flow…
An artist’s impression of a space hurricane spewing plasma high above the North Pole. First recorded in 2014, the nearly eight-hour storm caused significant space meteorological effects despite abnormally low solar activity. (Image credit: Qing-He Zhang, Shandong University) A unique…
Over the past 22 years, rapidly drying hotspots have expanded, becoming “super drying” areas. (Photo: Andrew Merry/Getty Images) The continents have lost so much water since 2002 that they now have a greater impact on sea level rise than ice…
Meteorite fragments were recovered from a local resident’s living room in Georgia. (Photo: University of Georgia) Scientists say the space object that punched a hole in a Georgia man’s home this summer could be 20 million years older than our…
(Image credit: NOAA/Alamy) QUICK FACTS Name: Headless Chicken Monster (Enypniastes eximia) Habitat: The depths of the world’s oceans. What it eats: Marine snow (organic matter that floats from the surface to the seabed). If you were to encounter this unusual…
The disobedient cat believed she could get away with her actions. However, she didn’t commit a bank robbery to satisfy her insatiable passion for catnip, nor was she even exposed as a serial mouse killer. The criminal, named Nub Tang,…
The Blood Moon is Coming. We’re Ready… Are You? (Photo: abhisheklegit via Getty Images) On September 7, 2025, a spectacular “blood moon” will rise and Earth will witness the second total lunar eclipse of the year. Skies over Asia and…
Video ‘She Travels the World’: Message in a Bottle Reflects Mother’s Last Wish A grieving daughter placed her mother’s ashes in a bottle so the woman could finally “see” the world. Soon after, a stranger discovered the bottle and the…
Most of space is a near vacuum, so there aren’t enough molecules to collide with, preventing sound from traveling. (Image credit: peepo via Getty Images) Our universe is teeming with floating nebulae, orbiting planets, and black holes. But if we…
Official NASA portrait of Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell. (Image courtesy of NASA) NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, who played a key role in turning the near-disastrous Apollo 13 moon mission into an inspiring story of resourcefulness and…