More “fast radio bursts” – bright, short-lived pulses of radio waves that come from across the universe – have been detected by astronomers.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Milky Way could hit another galaxy in 2 billion years, sending solar system flying
“Spectacular” cosmic collision with the Large Magellenic Cloud might knock our solar system into intergalactic space, British astronomers say.
USA had world’s 3 costliest natural disasters in 2018, and Camp Fire was the worst
Causing damage at a cost of $16.5 billion, the devastating Camp Fire was the world’s costliest natural disaster in 2018.
Antarctic ice melts to January record low
The amount of sea ice aroundAntarctica has melted to a record low for January, scientists announced Thursday. It’s the smallest January area since records began in 1978.
Confused about the ‘super blood wolf moon eclipse’ that’s coming soon? Here’s your guide
Sure, you may know the ‘super blood wolf moon eclipse’ is coming to a sky near you this month. But what does it all mean?
NASA photographs icy, reddish ‘space snowman’ discovered beyond Pluto
The “snowman” is roughly 1 billion miles away from Pluto – making it the most distant object ever visited by a spacecraft.
15,000 murders a day: August-October 1942 were the Holocaust’s deadliest months
The killing only stopped when there was no one left to murder: From August to October 1942, 1.2 million Jews were slain by the Nazis.
Eyes to the sky: The Quadrantid meteor shower will brighten the night sky early Friday
For you skywatchers who can’t wait for the “super blood moon lunar eclipse, “the Quadrantid meteor shower will provide a few hours of entertainment Friday.
These species went extinct in 2018. More may be doomed to follow in 2019
They’d been on our planet for millions of years, but 2018 was the year several species officially vanished forever.
2018 was an all-time record quiet year for tornadoes in the U.S.
Although 2018 was a deadly and devastating year for wildfires, floods and hurricanes, one weather phenomenon was absent from the news: Tornadoes.