NASA sees a transitioned, merging Extra-Tropical Storm Erin off US east coast

Former tropical depression Erin has made the transition into an extra-tropical system off the eastern coast…

Diversity of inter-species interactions affects functioning of ecological communities

Mathematical modeling suggests that the diversity of interactions between species in an ecological community plays a…

Researchers gain new insight about bacteria within grapevine-killing crown gall tumors

Scientists have mapped the DNA of bacteria found within a chronic disease affecting grapevines, a feat…

NASA estimates heavy rainfall in Hurricane Dorian

Hurricane Dorian is packing heavy rain as it moves toward the Bahamas as predicted by NOAA’s…

NASA tracks Tropical Storm Podul's landfall approach to Vietnam

NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the South China Sea and provided forecasters with a visible image…

Deep-sea sediments reveal solar system chaos: An advance in dating geologic archives

A day is the time for Earth to make one complete rotation on its axis, a…

Crowdsourced archaeology shows how humans have influenced Earth for thousands of years

Humans’ ability to transform the natural environment is often considered a modern phenomenon, from increasing deforestation,…

New artifacts suggest people arrived in North America earlier than previously thought

Stone tools and other artifacts unearthed from an archeological dig at the Cooper’s Ferry site in…

Space Command set to open, will defend US interests in space

Mindful of President Donald Trump’s intense interest in space, the Pentagon is declaring U.S. Space Command…

OSIRIS-REx's final four sample site candidates in 3-D

This animated flyover of each of the four candidate sample collection sites on asteroid Bennu, selected…