Far from large urban areas, Great Basin National Park offers unencumbered views of the night sky and opportunities to study distant stars and exoplanets....
Weather Blog
Highlights of the environment and weather-related photo stories
New York City’s Manhattan Island was the site of the nation’s first Labor Day parade on September 5, 1882. Read More…
An oblique photo from the International Space Station captured haze spilling from valleys in Italy and France and streaming south along the Italian peninsula....
An asteroid that struck the rainforest in Africa around 1 million years ago created Ghana’s only natural lake. Read More…
An astronaut captured a moonrise—and much more—in a series of photos taken from the International Space Station. Read More…
A powerful supercell storm left a trail of damage spanning hundreds of kilometers southeast of Calgary, Canada. Read More…
Tides and sediment form brushstroke-like patterns across the river estuary in eastern Sumatra. Read More…
Late summer in the Northwest Pacific Ocean often sees an increase in storminess, which in August 2025 included a typhoon that lashed both China...
The peninsula in eastern Siberia features rugged terrain with towering, snow-covered peaks and cloud-filled valleys stretching between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of...
