The California Gold Rush of the mid-1800s transformed the United States population as gold seekers ventured out to the West Coast in search of the precious metal in the Golden State’s rivers and creeks. The initial discovery of gold was made at Sutter’s Mill in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in January 1848, paving the way […]
Last week, a powerful solar flare exploded from a sun spot three times the size of our planet Earth, releasing radiation that caused a widespread radio blackout. Classed as an M9.6 solar flare, the eruption was powerful enough to disrupt high frequency radio signals in North America, Central America, and South America, according to the National Oceanic […]
Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, was erupting on Sunday, spewing ash on Catania, eastern Sicily’s largest city, and forcing a suspension of flights at that city’s airport. Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, or INGV, which closely monitors Etna with instrumentation on the slopes, noted that cloud cover on a rainy day was […]
It’s been a full month for stargazers, including northern lights sightings, another meteor shower, and the first lunar eclipse of the year, but there’s one more treat in store before May is over. Venus and Mars have been prominent planets in the evening sky in recent weeks, and the duo will turn into a trio […]
The northern lights, aka the aurora borealis, have been appearing more frequently in the night sky over the United States recently. In late April, for example, a stunning aurora display was seen as far south as Arkansas in the South and Arizona in the West. So why the uptick in aurora sightings? And is this expected […]
May is the start of Tornado Season, and boy, has it ever. Severe weather that led to torrential rainfall in Texas also spun up a tornado early Saturday morning, killing one person, according to officials. As AccuWeather reports, the deadly tornado touched down in Laguna Heights, on the eastern coastline of Texas, around 4 a.m. […]
Smoke from Australia’s worst wildfires in decades may have contributed to the rare triple La Niña weather event that impacted continents thousands of miles away, according to new research. As CNN reports, those flames burned through 46 million acres from June 2019 to January 2020 — during Australia’s summer months — thrusting emissions into the Earth’s […]
In a surprising move, music icons Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have announced the name of their newborn son, sending shockwaves through the industry. The power couple, known for their boundary-pushing music, have chosen a name that pays tribute to hip-hop legends Wu-Tang Clan. Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, known for their creativity, selected Wu Daniel Fenty-Mayweather […]
A marine heat wave is unfolding on a global scale that is setting records that have stood for decades, and forecasters say it could get worse in the coming months as El Niño takes hold in the Pacific Ocean. As AccuWeather reports, underwater heat waves occur when water temperatures in parts of the ocean are […]
Five years ago, Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano erupted and spewed lava into a neighborhood and that “changed the island of Hawaii forever,” according to the National Park Service. Scientists have been searching for the trigger of the “most extraordinary sequences in at least 200 years,” writes authors of a new study who feel they finally found the culprit, and […]