A NASA telescope will likely plummet to Earth on Friday
A revolutionary NASA telescope is making its way back to Earth—but will not survive the journey. The United States Space Force has honed its estimate for the Neil Gehreis Swift…
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Bald eagle mistaken for trashbag on the road to recovery
A Pennsylvania resident recently arrived home to find what looked like an unassuming black trash bag in their yard. But the bag moved and lifted its head. Turns out, it…
APOD: 2026 November 2 – A Long Cloud on Mars
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 2 – A… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each…
Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions…
Fierce turtles square off in a rare woodland turf battle
At first, it appears that two turtles with yellow spots are calmly sitting side by side. Suddenly, one of them turns, slowly—and lunges out with its head, its open beak…
Putrid blood shoots from these lizards’ eyes
Horned lizards are spiky cuties. Three to six inches long, these lizards are coated with sharp spines all across their hard, sand-colored backs. But in the dry deserts and prairies…
APOD: 2026 November 1 – Colors of the Moon
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 1 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day…
What to do if you hit a deer
When you think of the fall season, chances are that gorgeous foliage, brisk sweater weather, and Halloween decorations come to mind. Deer, on the other hand, think of sex. Deer…
3 things you might not know about daylight saving time
Heads up: The clocks are about to change. The evening of Halloween gets an extra hour as the clocks fall back an hour, meaning you can sleep in on Sunday,…
November skygazing: Planetary alignments, a supermoon, comet, and more
November 12 Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter in Alignment November 16 Mars and Jupiter Conjunction November 18 Leonids Meteor Shower Predicted peak November 24 Full Beaver Supermoon November 27 Comet…