An errant earthgrazer from the Centaurid complex may shoot northward. Better yet, a bright fireball may light up the sky. February is the start of the fireball season, when an abundance of fireballs seem to occur. This lasts well into April and seems to occur mostly during the early evening hours.
Jan 27, 2012 - 8:23:13 AM
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - A new vent has opened on one of Costa Rica’s active volcanoes, the latest activity following a series of small eruptions beginning in 2010, researchers say.
Jan 26, 2012 - 2:56:18 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – The National Weather Service has now documented paths of destruction from at least 10 tornadoes in the outbreak of storms across central Alabama early Monday.
Jan 26, 2012 - 2:43:05 PM
HOUSTON - Buckets of rain and powerful winds that apparently spawned several tornadoes swept across Texas on Wednesday, forcing drivers to abandon cars on flooded roads but not dropping enough water to make up for a historic dry spell.
Jan 26, 2012 - 1:08:12 PM
The events of the last three days were from the January 19th event which spawned an M3-class flare and following CME. Since the Jan. 19th event, three significant earthquakes have occurred (Chiapas, Mexico - Chile - and Fiji Islands). Also, a large fatal tornado hits Alabama. On January 26th, several tornadoes have been reported in Central Texas. No reports of damage as of this news release.
Jan 26, 2012 - 2:11:53 AM
The pattern of clouds on Earth is largely determined by the arrangement of the continents below. Now, astronomers are modeling the clouds at different periods in Earth's past to better understand what alien worlds might look like.
Jan 25, 2012 - 11:49:13 AM
Cold plasma has been well-hidden. Space physicists have long lacked clues to how much of this electrically charged gas exists tens of thousands of miles above Earth and how the stuff may impact our planet's interaction with the sun. Now, a new method developed by Swedish researchers makes cold plasma measurable and reveals significantly more cold, charged ions in Earth's upper altitudes than previously imagined.
Jan 25, 2012 - 10:49:40 AM
La Niña, "the diva of drought," is peaking, increasing the odds that the Pacific Northwest will have more stormy weather this winter and spring, while the southwestern and southern United States will be dry.
Jan 25, 2012 - 10:24:09 AM
Clusters of distant galaxies that were bursting with newborn stars in the early universe eventually became the most massive galaxies today, a new study finds.
Jan 25, 2012 - 9:59:33 AM
California's Death Valley, already one of the hottest places on Earth, may have the potential to get a whole lot hotter — and live up to its name in a surprising (and possibly scary) new way, according to new research.
Jan 25, 2012 - 9:52:19 AM
The Northern Lights lit up the skies above Scotland and northern England after the biggest solar storm in more than six years.Even experienced stargazers were stunned by the intensity of the aurora borealis that swept across the night sky in northern Scandinavia after the biggest solar flare in six years.
Jan 25, 2012 - 9:40:56 AM
The huge sand dunes on Saturn's moon Titan vary according to elevation and latitude, providing clues about the alien world's climatic and geological history, a new study reports.
Jan 24, 2012 - 4:11:12 PM
Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Hit South Of The Fiji Islands on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 00:52:06 UTC/12:52:06 PM at epicenter/.
Jan 24, 2012 - 3:47:33 PM
