Space debris lights up the sky over Pacific Northwest

A SpaceX rocket launched on March 4 that failed to perform a deorbit burn reentered Earth's atmosphere on March 25, 2021. It created a startling light display over Seattle and Portland.

New image of M87’s supermassive black hole

The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration released a new image of the supermassive black hole in the center of massive galaxy M87 on March 24, 2021. The image shows the signatures of a magnetic field.

How to make beneficial insects welcome in your garden

Ladybugs, lacewings, spiders, and bees can help your garden grow. How to help these beneficial insects.

Spring Milky Way over Cape Cod

Dark skies let the Milky Way shine, and this stunning shot from Cape Cod exhibits our galaxy in its full glory, even reflected on the water!

Moon passes Regulus on March 25

These next few days - March 25 and 26, 2021 - watch for the moon to travel in front of the constellation Leo the Lion, past the bright star Regulus, the Lion's Heart.

Stunning images of Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland

After 800 years of dormancy, Fagradalsfjall volcano on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula began a magnificent eruption on March 19. See video and images.

Volcanism created a 2nd atmosphere on this Earth-sized exoplanet

For the first time, scientists have found evidence for a secondary atmosphere on an exoplanet, created by volcanism beneath the surface. The planet, GJ 1132 b, is thought to have once been a sub-Neptune, but now is a rocky world the size of Earth.

Some tornadoes are more destructive than we thought

A new study documents the distribution of supercell-tornado wind intensities and sizes, revealing that most are much stronger than damage surveys indicate, with more than 20% of tornadoes potentially capable of causing catastrophic EF-4/EF-5 damage.

Owl keeps an eye out, in New York

This nocturnal owl wakes briefly during the day to have a quick look around.

Milky Way mosaic took 12 years, 1250 hours

Through 12 years of photographing and stitching together individual astrophotography images, Finnish astrophotographer J-P Mestavainio has created a 1.7 gigapixel panorama of our Milky Way galaxy.