A majestic Spiral Aurora over Iceland
A majestic Spiral Aurora over Iceland, captured late last month, noted by Icelanders for its great brightness and quick development. Image credit Davide Necchi
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Dust Storm sweeps across populated areas in Middle East
Major dust storm enveloping heavily populated areas in the Middle East and North Africa, captured by MODIS, in September 2015.
Milky Way with reddish Airglow
Photographer Yuri Beletsky captured an exceptionally intense, glorious Milky Way with reddish airglow flooded this Chilean winter night skyscape, just after sunset on September 1. Image
Moon and Orion from Space
The waning crescent Moon, the stars of Orion rising above the eastern horizon and a rare red sprite, as seen from the International Space Station, on August
Typhoons Goni and Atsani
The ninth and tenth typhoons of the year spun in the vicinity of Japan, in August 2015, as you can see in this VIIRS satellite image.
Visualization of Nuclear detonations from 1945
A visualization showing every nuclear detonation from 1945 to present. There are so many…
‘Windbots’ could explore the skies of Jupiter
Scientists at JPL are studying ‘windbots’ concepts that might stay aloft for long periods in atmospheres of giant planets, like Jupiter.
This is Pluto!
With the speed of 30,800 miles per hour, New Horizons spacecraft will pass by Pluto tomorrow, offering us for the first time, unique images of the distant
Cold, Ice prevailed in early Mars
A new study suggests that the seas of Mars may never have existed, instead the planet was cold and icy billions years ego.
Winners of Weather Photos of the Year
These are the amazing winners of the ‘Weather in Focus’ photo contest of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)…