Author: NASA Science
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New Eruption in the Bismarck Sea
Satellite imagery shows a surge of new volcanic activity in the ocean near Papua New Guinea.
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Fire Chars Santa Rosa Island
The blaze spread across the southern side of the second-largest island in California’s Channel Islands National Park.
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Farming in Ancient Lake Agassiz
The glacial lake left a layer of silt and clay in southeastern Manitoba, creating fertile farmland that was divided during 19th-century land surveys and is still farmed today.
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Great Balls of Fire
An astronaut on the International Space Station was surprised to photograph a shower of light streaking through the darkness while looking out of the Cupola.
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Picturing Earth in a New Light
A recent analysis revealed where artificial light at night has intensified, as well as where it has diminished.
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Ice Moves Out of Aniak
Spring melt along Alaska’s Kuskokwim River caused ice jams and flooding.
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Australia’s Cloudy Beauty
Valley fog gathered in the Victorian Alps while an arch-shaped cloud drifted across Port Phillip Bay.
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Color Off the Mid-Atlantic Coast
Something is brewing in shallow waters offshore of Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia.
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Tracy Arm’s Post-Tsunami Landscape
A landslide-triggered tsunami stripped vegetation from the shore of the glacial fjord in summer 2025.
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A Sea of Spinning Clouds
Icy, isolated Peter I Island stirred up a show in the atmosphere off the West Antarctic coast.