Tens of thousands of people gather almost every weekend to watch their favorite NASCAR driver try to race their way to victory lane, but weather can play a major role in the outcome of a race. As AccuWeather reports, nearly every aspect of the weather can affect NASCAR races, but the biggest weather factor by […]
The Odysseus lunar lander, nicknamed “Odie” or IM-1, has embarked on a historic journey to the lunar surface — aiming to make the first touchdown of a US-made spacecraft on the moon in five decades. As CNN reports, the launch follows closely on the heels of a separate US lunar landing mission that failed in January. NASA […]
Scientists behind a new study are proposing adapting the scale that measures the intensity of hurricanes to account for stronger storms. As AccuWeather reports, a pair of scientists just published a research article exploring the “growing inadequacy” of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale and possibly adding a Category 6. The Saffir-Simpson scale currently goes from Category 1 to […]
The Northeast is digging out from the biggest snowstorm of the winter after heavy snow buried areas from West Virginia through Massachusetts, prompting school closures and travel chaos Tuesday. As Accuweather reports, on Tuesday, 3.2 inches fell in New York City, the highest single-day snowfall in the city since 7.3 inches accumulated in Central Park on […]
Using satellite imagery and AI, researchers have mapped human activity at sea with more precision than ever before. The effort exposed a huge amount of industrial activity that previously flew under the radar, from suspicious fishing operations to an explosion of offshore energy development. As The Verge reports, these maps were recently published in the journal Nature. […]
The moon is shrinking, and hours-long “moonquakes” and landslides could make the lunar south pole a risky place for astronauts to touch down in the future. As CNN reports, multiple missions are targeting the region with the aim of potentially using its ice deposits for a sustained human presence on the moon. As the moon’s […]
On April 8, millions of people across North America will witness day turn to night as the moon blocks out the light from the sun, but there will be more to the celestial spectacle than many think. As AccuWeather reports, while most people focus their attention on the sun and the moon, people’s surroundings will […]
It never rains in CaliforniaBut girl, don’t they warn ya?It pours, man, it pours -Albert Hammond A fierce winter storm fueled by a raging atmospheric river was thrashing Californians on Sunday with intense downpours, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and threatening treacherous flooding and hurricane-force winds. As Yahoo News reports, up to 37 million people, about […]
NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon this decade amid a renewed international push for lunar exploration, is facing some lengthy delays, the space agency has announced. As CNN reports, the Artemis III mission, which had planned to hit the the crucial milestone of landing humans on the moon for the […]
It has been a tumultuous winter across the United States with temperatures plummeting below zero in more than 30 states, intense lake-effect snow that unleashed blizzard conditions and storms in the East that ended the snow drought that lasted over 700 days. And there is still more than a month to go before the arrival of […]