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Unsettling timelapse shows wildfire smoke turning NYC orange
You don't want to breathe this.
By Mark Kaufman
Wildfire smoke maps: 4 best sites for tracking the smoke
Want to see it? Look outside. Want to see what's happening next? Check these out.
By Mike Pearl
How likely is a terrible asteroid impact in your lifetime?
Astronomers find hundreds of near-Earth asteroids every year.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA's finally talking about UFOs with Americans. Here's what they said.
Key takeaways from the space agency's first televised "unidentified anomalous phenomena" meeting.
The best telescopes for gazing at stars, planets, and galaxies in 2023
We chatted with an expert stargazer to get the know-how on how to shop for a telescope.
By Jae Thomas
This Saturn moon gushes water beyond scientists' wildest dreams
The geyser-like plumes could fill an Olympic pool in a couple of hours.
Large spiders are rapidly spreading in the U.S. They're not after you.
It's time we become friendly neighbors.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA caught private moon lander crash on camera
Are those scattered spacecraft parts?
A huge star just exploded, and you can actually see it
It's not every day we witness a colossal star blowing up.
By Mark Kaufman
Lego's new Mars Rover Perseverance is ready for a new mission
Mirroring its real-life inspiration, the model comes with a tiny Ingenuity Helicopter.
These new telescope images of the sun are just spectacular
Sunspots the size of Earth or bigger.
Bezos can finally make NASA a moon lander. It's called Blue Moon.
The spaceship will put astronauts on the moon in 2029.
NASA swoops by an erupting volcano world and snaps jaw-dropping images
It's getting closer and closer to the extreme moon.
By Mark Kaufman
The most fascinating star in our sky inches closer to exploding
Whenever it happens, it will be astonishing.
By Mark Kaufman
Scientists wonder if a dark, volcanic world could host life
A new Earth-size discovery fascinates exoplanet hunters. Could it have an atmosphere?
NASA scientists reveal unsettling new melting source on Greenland
Fact: Earth's colossal ice sheets are melting.
By Mark Kaufman
Saturn's rings may have formed as dinosaurs roamed Earth
And they won't last long, scientists say.
Saturn apparently has 145 moons. So eat it, Jupiter.
Scientists continue to find bizarre natural satellites around the ringed planet.
NASA rover just found evidence of a once roaring river on Mars
This Martian river was no joke.
By Mark Kaufman
Astronomers can't agree on what this cosmic oddity is
How scientists make sense of a streak of light in the cosmos.
NASA discovers planet with a truly mysterious past
It may have once been a water world.
By Mark Kaufman
