The images were captured using NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a 4MP CCD camera and telescope on the DSCOVR satellite

The sun is at the peak of its 11-year cycle. That means an uptick in solar flares will lead to more chances to see the northern lights over the next couple of years.

NOAA and NASA said Friday that 2024 was the hottest year in recorded history, adding consensus to an earlier announcement by European scientists.

It’s official: 2024 was the planet’s warmest year on record, according to an analysis by scientists from NASA and NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Below are highlights from NOAA’s 2024 annual global climate report:

A coronal mass ejection earlier this week may pull the northern lights to more northern U.S. states, forecasters said.

"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.

"Once again, the temperature record has been shattered — 2024 was the hottest year since record keeping began in 1880."

San Diego scientists are collecting samples of ash from California's coast to measure how toxins and urban debris from the Los Angeles wildfires could affect nearby fisheries and the food webs of local ecosystems.

Earth's average surface temperature in 2024 was the warmest on record, according to an analysis led by NASA scientists.

Social media apps are filled with trends. Top experts join Gayle Guyardo, the host of the nationally syndicated health and wellness show, Bloom, sharing trends we should try and skip in 2025.

Prolonged drought and powerful Santa Ana winds set up extreme conditions that have fueled the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Those conditions were compounded by climate change. According to NOAA and NASA,

An aircraft from the US based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is in Shannon Airport for a number of days to study the movements of the strong winds brought on by Storm Éowyn.