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Hawaii satellite photo shows devastation wildfires inflicted on Maui
By Harry Baker published
The Landsat 8 satellite captured the deadly flames that burned through the town of Lahaina in Hawaii and killed at least 99 people.
Where are the noctilucent clouds we were promised? The sun might be to blame.
By Harry Baker published
Photographers hoping to capture stunning "night-shining" clouds have been left frustrated this year. The fast-approaching solar maximum may be to blame.
Watch thousands of lightning bolts crackle over Europe in stunning new satellite video
By Tereza Pultarova published
Stunning first videos from a new space-borne instrument designed to improve the monitoring of thunderstorms show the crackle of lightning over Europe, Africa and the Atlantic Ocean.
Electrifying time-lapse image captures 100 lightning bolts torching the sky over Turkey
By Harry Baker published
The photographer combined individual images collected over a 50-minute period during an intense thunderstorm in Turkey.
Canadian wildfire smoke detected thousands of miles away in Norway
By Kiley Price published
Wildfire smoke from Canada has hit Norway, which is more than 3,000 miles from the North American country.
NYC's air quality ranked worst of any major city on Wednesday. With climate change, will it happen again?
By Rebecca Sohn published
New York City's normally good air quality rating recently plummeted to the worst of any major city in the world, as wildfire smoke drifted over the city from Canada.
Why don't hurricanes form at the equator?
By Charles Q. Choi published
Here's why hurricanes, also known as tropical cyclones and typhoons, don't form at the equator and why it would be rare for them to cross it.
Eerie ring of red light flashes like a massive UFO above Italy. What was it?
By Harry Baker published
An enormous red halo of light flashed in the night sky above Italy before disappearing within milliseconds. It was likely caused by an electromagnetic pulse from a nearby thunderstorm.
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