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Lake Powell Drops to Record-Low Levels
2026.09.18
Snow drought and unusually warm temperatures in the Colorado Basin in 2026 helped drive down reservoir water storage in the U.S. West.
NASA-JAXA XRISM Mission Sees Pulsar Gathering Companion’s ‘Wind’
2026.09.18
Using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory, astronomers have directly observed a giant star’s outflow, called a stellar wind, being captured by its compact companion and providing the power source for strong X-ray flares.
NASA’s Hubble Spots an Out-of-Sync Galaxy
2026.09.18
Though the spiral galaxy in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope seems serene, it hides a chaotic secret. This galaxy is NGC 4698, and it lies about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It’s one of over a thousand galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, the nearest large cluster of galaxies bound together by […]
Summer Goes Out With a Heat Dome
2026.09.17
Temperature records toppled across the central and southern U.S. as the autumnal equinox approached.
NASA’s Webb Reveals Dynamic Panorama of Star Formation
2026.09.15
This starry view of the nearby star-forming region IC 348 is one of the largest images released to date from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Using Webb, astronomers searched IC 348 for brown dwarfs, which are less massive than the smallest stars. The researchers discovered brown dwarfs just twice the mass of Jupiter, bringing the […]
An Accidental Impact Crater Discovery
2026.09.15
An amateur astronomer scouting online satellite maps for campsites in Quebec found an impact crater instead.
An Early Look at Fall Color in Canada
2026.09.14
Reds, yellows, and oranges are already sweeping across tundra landscapes in Nunavut.
Dust Storm Sweeps Over Mali
2026.09.10
At a time of year when dust storm activity winds down, a plume of dust blanketed parts of the West African nation and its neighbors.
Anak Krakatau Rumbles Again
2026.09.09
A powerful eruption from the Indonesian volcano lofted ash into the atmosphere, disrupting thousands of flights and degrading air quality.
Notes from the Field: Unlocking Forest Diversity from Above: Fieldwork at Smithsonian’s BiodiversiTREE
2026.09.08
From July 30 to August 5, 2026, a team of scientists from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Biospheric Sciences Laboratory conducted fieldwork at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) BiodiversiTREE research site near Edgewater, Maryland.
The Otherworldly Geology of Vasquez Rocks
2026.09.08
Layers of sedimentary rock that jut from the Soledad Basin at surprising angles have long enthralled television and film producers, including the team behind Star Trek.
NASA’s Hubble, Webb Find Far-out Solar System Objects ‘Remember’ Past
2026.09.08
For the first time, scientists used the joint power of NASA’s Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes to study some of the most far-flung bodies in our solar system, Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs). Some of these are the smallest and faintest ever directly seen. The researchers unexpectedly found fewer small TNOs than they expected, and that […]
A Bright Spot at Mount Michael
2026.09.07
With austral winter nearing its end, clouds cleared for a satellite view of volcanic activity in the remote South Atlantic.
NASA Knows: Drought
2026.09.04
Drought can begin with missing rain, shrinking snowpack or depleted groundwater. See how NASA helps put the full picture together.
A Trio of Tropical Cyclones in the Pacific
2026.09.04
The Pacific was buzzing with storms while the Atlantic was notably quiet.
NASA’s Hubble Spies Superbubble Scene
2026.09.03
This Hubble Space Telescope image features a sprawling cosmic vista called N44.
Peatland Fires Darken Skies in Indonesia
2026.09.03
With Indonesia gripped by drought, fires are smoldering on the surface and underground.
NASA’s Hubble Tracks New Decagon Encircling Saturn’s South Pole
2026.09.02
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observes a giant, evolving, 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling Saturn’s south pole.
Drought Intensifies Across Puerto Rico
2026.09.02
Rainfall deficits and high temperatures have created unusually dry conditions and have spurred water shortages on much of the tropical archipelago.
Ice Island Survives Run-In With Joe Island
2026.09.01
In summer 2026, a substantial iceberg calved from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland and swiftly drifted into Nares Strait, colliding with an island along the way.
Pasterze Hangs on as Austria’s Largest Glacier
2026.08.31
One narrowing icefall remains the linchpin for the Alpine glacier—and it may not be long for this world.
NASA’s Dark Universe-Seeking Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches
2026.08.30
Now on a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon reveal the universe’s darkest secrets. The mission launched at 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Roman pairs a large field of […]
The Forested Floodplains of Congaree National Park
2026.08.28
The meandering Congaree River sustains towering forest ecosystems and fashions oxbow lakes as it shifts across its floodplain.
Rare, Widespread Snow in the Atacama Desert
2026.08.27
Back-to-back winter storms in August 2026 brought snowfall to northern Chile, from the Andes to near the Pacific coast.
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