Nature // 

Two mysterious red hazes hovered over Earth on August 10. Astronauts onboard the International Space Station snapped ...

Sarah Fecht at 10:06 AM Aug 26 2015
Space // 

We've all been there. Taking a picture of a friend only to have someone else run in front of the shot. That was the ...

Mary Beth Griggs at 10:43 AM Aug 6 2015
Energy // 

It's no secret—there's a lot of energy held just a few thousand feet under Earth's surface. To harness any ...

Dave Gershgorn at 12:19 PM Jul 24 2015
Space // 

From down here on the ground, space looks like a pristine void. But Earth's orbit is actually crowded with a ton of ...

Carl Franzen at 09:55 AM Jul 9 2015
Space // 

In 2013, a 60-foot-wide meteor exploded over Russia, and no one saw it coming. The Chelyabinsk impactor was ...

Sarah Fecht at 11:15 AM Jun 23 2015
Space // 

Our beloved Moon, often the staple of a peaceful and tranquil nighttime scene, has a pretty violent origin story. In ...

Loren Grush at 09:09 AM Apr 10 2015
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