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A closeup of the wreckage at Iraq's al-Asad airbase, as captured on Jan. 8, 2020, by one of Planet's SkySat satellites.

Satellite Spots Iran Missile Attack Aftermath from Space

By Mike Wall

Satellites operated by San Francisco-based company Planet have captured remarkably sharp photos of Iraq's al-Asad airbase, one of the sites hit in last night's (Jan. 7) bombardment.

Earth's layers shown in this modified NASA image.

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How to turn off web notifications for Google Chrome and macOS

By Jeanna Bryner

Here's a handy guide on how to turn off web notifications for Google Chrome and macOS.

Debris from a collapsed wall litters the ground in Ponce, Puerto Rico following the Jan. 7 earthquake.

A Major Earthquake Knocked Out Power Across Puerto Rico This Morning

By Rafi Letzter

It was the largest yet in a series of quakes to impact the island.

Australia wildfires, 2019.

In Photos: Devastating Look at Raging Wildfires in Australia

By Jeanna Bryner

The wildfires in Australia are at epic proportions. Here's a look at the havoc these fires are wreaking on wildlife and entire ecosystems.

A fiery meteor slams into Earth's atmosphere.

800,000 Years Ago, a Meteor Slammed Into Earth. Scientists Just Found the Crater.

By Mindy Weisberger

Scientists have finally pinpointed the location of a long-hidden, 790,000-year-old impact crater, found under a lava field in southern Laos.

Hawaii's island Maui won't be drowning anytime soon.

Hawaiian Islands Won't Drown in the Sea for Millions of Years. Here's Why.

By Laura Geggel

Some islands live longer than others. Here's why.

Antelope Canyon

Antelope Canyon Photos: Where Water Runs Through Rocks

By Linda & Dr. Dick Buscher

Antelope Canyon is possibly the most beautiful rocky landscape in the world. Here's a look at the stunning formations in a national park.

This animation is a model of where the black smoke from the raging Australian wildfires is traveling. It's based off of the GEOS forward processing (GEOS FP) model, which combines information from satellite, aircraft and ground-based observation systems and uses data such as air temperature, moisture levels and wind information to project the plume's behavior.

Australia's Devastating Wildfires Seen from Space

By Doris Elin Salazar

Observations from NASA satellites show the effects the Australian wildfires are having across the land, the ocean and the air.

The giant orange "corpse flower" is in bloom for one week only. (Plug your nose.)

The World's Largest Corpse Flower Is Blooming Right Now (and It Stinks)

By Brandon Specktor

Conservationists in Indonesia discovered the largest-ever specimen of Rafflesia tuan-mudae, a parasitic plant known as the 'corpse flower'

Lake Mono in California has so much salt, pillars are built over time.

Early 'Soda Lakes' May Have Provided Missing Ingredient Key to the Origin of Life

By Laura Geggel

How did early life get its start, given that this essential mineral was scarce?

This image shows a fossilized plant that is not from the New York fossil forest, but is meant to illustrate such plants.

The World's Oldest 'Fossil Forest' Was Just Discovered in New York State

By Rafi Letzter

This forest changed the world.

elephant queen long tusks

The 100 Best Science Photos of 2019

By Jeanna Bryner

Here are 100 of our favorite science photos of 2019.

Tardigrades have been to the moon.

12 Times Science Proved the World Is Amazing in 2019

By Jeanna Bryner

Here's a look at the gems science turned up in 2019.

Earth's layers shown in this modified NASA image.

10 Ways Earth Revealed Its Weirdness in 2019

By Tia Ghose

Our planet sure is a strange one.

A crabeater seal rests in Antarctica.

16 Times Antarctica Revealed Its Awesomeness in 2019

By Stephanie Pappas

At the beginning of the Quaternary period, glaciers crept down from Greenland to cover much of North America and northern Europe.

10 Signs That Earth's Climate Is Off the Rails

By Kimberly Hickok

Our planet's climate is bananas.

Two of Death Valley's famed "sailing stones" display distinctive trails.

Ancient Slab Preserved Tracks of a Dinosaur, a 'Sailing Stone' and a Hopping Mammal

By Mindy Weisberger

Intriguing clues about Jurassic life were retained in a slab of sandstone that was long known for its preserved dinosaur tracks.

Satellite data shows how ice at the Vavilov Ice Cap flowed in a stream-like pattern toward the ocean on June 24, 2018.

A Never-Before-Seen Event Is Collapsing an Ice Sheet in the Russian Arctic

By Rafi Letzter

The event is permanently transforming the region.

A still from an Ohio State Highway Patrol video shows the leak in February 2018.

Catastrophic Ohio Methane Leak Stayed Hidden Until a Satellite Found It

By Rafi Letzter

A blowout in Ohio made little news in 2018, but satellite images show it was a major global event.