Create an account or log in to save stories. The Aurora Borealis is a spectacular spectacle, but what’s even more fascinating than its vibrant colors is the science that explains them.

Comet C/2024 S1 (Atlas) was predicted to resemble C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy), another Kreutz sungrazer that ... [+] shone as a "Christmas Comet" in December 2011. Image taken from the ISS. Only spotted ...

The filament material is propelled outward from the blast site at a staggering speed of 1,000 kilometers per second.

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The large, bright Taurid meteors are characterized by their vibrant explosions of color and extended trails, often visible over wide areas.

“Spectacular not only from Earth but from orbit ... had been shrunk to some miniature dimension and inserted into a neon sign,” the astronaut wrote, adding a dose of poetry to what they ...

When we are blessed with a particularly spectacular foliage year ... Watching the leaves change isn’t just pretty; it can also be science in action. Spera uses satellite imagery to track ...

Nazaré has the biggest waves on the planet and it is incredibly photogenic. You can't beat the camera operators at BBC Earth ...

This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting.

Bobbi, from the US, met Aussie traveler Tam on the deck of a cruise ship, watching the sunrise over Fiji, back in 2013.