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How cities can change the weather during storms

Researchers looked at 22 years of data to discover how cities can change the weather. Certain storms intensify over cities, leading to more urban flooding.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

May 31, 2026

What is a micromoon? The last on for 2026 is in June

What is a micromoon? It's a full or new moon near its farthest from Earth for the month. Depending on your definition, 2026 has either 2 or 3 full micromoons.

Deborah Byrd

May 31, 2026

Arcturus, brightest star of the northern sky

Arcturus is the brightest star in the northern half of the sky. It's easy to find in spring in the Northern Hemisphere near the handle of the Big Dipper.

Deborah Byrd

May 29, 2026

The 1919 solar eclipse that proved Einstein right

During a May 29, 1919, solar eclipse, astronomers saw the sun bend starlight, proving Einstein's general relativity and catapulting him to rock star fame.

Deborah Byrd

May 29, 2026

Strange sonic boom rattles South Carolina

People in South Carolina heard a strange sonic boom on May 28, 2026, around 5:30 p.m. The USGS said it wasn't an earthquake. Could it have been a meteor?

Kelly Kizer Whitt

May 28, 2026

An undersea volcano is erupting in the South Pacific

An undersea volcano began erupting in the Bismarck Sea off the coast of Papua New Guinea on May 8, and it is still going. Will the volcano birth a new island?

Kelly Kizer Whitt

May 28, 2026

Do Europa’s water vapor plumes not exist after all?

New observations from the Hubble Space Telescope suggest that Europa's water vapor plumes are less likely than previously thought. But they don't rule them out.

Paul Scott Anderson

May 28, 2026