A cold morning and a warming climate can both be real. The apparent contradiction disappears when the observations are placed…
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A bright streak crosses the night sky, and a report calls it a meteorite. That may sound harmless, but it…
It is tempting to explain summer by imagining Earth moving much closer to the Sun. That explanation quickly encounters a…
A weather display shows high relative humidity early in the morning and a much lower value in the afternoon. It…
At a harbor, the water level rises against a wall while floating objects move along the channel. Both observations involve…
The Moon changes from a narrow crescent to a bright disk and back again. It is tempting to imagine Earth’s…
Two people describe the same earthquake very differently. One barely noticed it, while the other felt strong shaking. Meanwhile, a…
The ocean’s surface is only the beginning of its story. Conditions can change with depth, and a measurement taken at…
Two images from the James Webb Space Telescope can show the same region of space and look remarkably different. One…
A telescope is usually associated with collecting light to form an image. For the planned LISA mission, telescopes will also…
Many exoplanet discoveries begin with measurements of starlight rather than a picture of the planet itself. When a planet crosses…
NASA Earth Observatory’s October 22, 2026 report documents extensive fire activity and smoke across New Guinea during a period of…