Restless Kīlauea Launches Lava and Ash
03/19/2026 09:01 PM
Episode 43 of the Hawaiian volcano’s current eruption was marked by high lava fountains and widespread ash dispersal.
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Australia’s “Red Centre” Turns Green
03/18/2026 09:00 PM
Abundant rainfall in February and March 2026 transformed the desert landscape of Central Australia.
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Wave of Dust Rolls Through Texas
03/17/2026 09:01 PM
An advancing cold front kicked up a sharp line of sand and other small particles that swept over the high plains.
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A Bit of Gray on an Emerald Isle
03/16/2026 09:01 PM
Ireland is best known for its many greens, but the striking grays of the island's Burren region also stand out in satellite images.
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SPARCS CubeSat ‘First Light’ Images
03/16/2026 11:52 AM
Description This pair of images shows stars observed by the SPARCS (Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat) space telescope simultaneously in the near-ultraviolet, left, and far-ultraviolet, right. These observations were recorded on Feb. 6, 2026, three weeks after the cube satellite, or CubeSat, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on Jan. 11. The fact that one star […]
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Cañon Fiord’s Whirling Waters
03/15/2026 09:00 PM
During the 2022 summer melt season, sediment plumes and fractured sea ice traced swirling eddies in a branch of the Nansen Sound fjord system in the Canadian Arctic.
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Eruption at Mayon
03/12/2026 09:01 PM
Activity at the volcano in the Philippines sent lava and pyroclastic flows down the volcano’s flanks and prompted evacuations in nearby communities.
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Dust Outbreak Reaches Europe
03/11/2026 09:01 PM
Clouds of dust lofted from the Sahara Desert brought hazy skies and muddy rain to Western Europe.
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A Most Unusual Lake
03/10/2026 09:01 PM
Lake Unter-See in Antarctica, sealed beneath thick ice, contains unusually high levels of dissolved oxygen and cone-shaped microbial reefs resembling some of Earth’s oldest fossils.
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Shades of a Lunar Eclipse
03/09/2026 09:01 PM
A series of nighttime satellite images revealed how moonlight reaching Earth varied throughout a total lunar eclipse.
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