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Global warming makes California drought worse
A new study suggests that natural forces are behind California’s drought, but that global warming has contributed 8-27% to the drought’s severity.
August 24, 2015
Amazing views of Saturn’s icy moon Dione
The Cassini spacecraft made its final flyby of Saturn's moon Dione last week. Check out the spacecraft's final breathtaking close views.
August 24, 2015
July 2015 was warmest month ever recorded
Last month's average global temperature was the all-time highest monthly temperature since record-keeping began in 1880.
August 21, 2015
No asteroid threatening Earth in September
Despite rumors, no asteroid threatens Earth. All known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids have less than a 0.01% chance of hitting Earth in the next 100 years, says NASA.
August 20, 2015
Why do volcanoes erupt?
Volcanoes are channels that transfer molten rock from Earth’s crust to the surface. Here’s why eruptions happen.
August 20, 2015
View from space: Fires in US Pacific Northwest
Wildfire outbreaks have charred nearly 7 million acres this summer. Satellite view of several fires burning in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
August 18, 2015
Space weather threatens equatorial regions too
Damaging electric currents in space affect Earth's equatorial region, not just the poles, according to new research.
August 18, 2015
Large 2015 Gulf of Mexico dead zone
Data from this year’s survey indicate that the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is above average in size, likely because of heavy rains in June.
August 18, 2015
Astronomers find teeny supermassive black hole
In a dwarf galaxy 340 million light years away, astronomers have found the smallest black hole ever observed in the center of a galaxy.
August 17, 2015
Cassini’s last close flyby of Saturn moon Dione today
The Cassini spacecraft will zip past Saturn's moon Dione on Monday, August 17 . It will be the spacecraft's final close flyby of this icy satellite.
August 17, 2015
