Natural Disasters
1st Images from New NASA/JAXA GPM Rainfall Measuring Satellite Capture Tropical Cyclone in 3D
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Weather researchers worldwide now have the ability to capture unprecedented three-dimensional images and detailed rainfall…
Evidence Of Giant, Growing Louisiana Sinkhole Showed Up In Radar Before Collapse: NASA
A Louisiana sinkhole the size of 19 American football fields shifted sideways in radar measurements before its collapse and resulting…
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Space Station to Get a ‘Laser Cannon’
What’s a space station without a laser cannon? The International Space Station will be getting its very own laser at…
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Super-Typhoon Haiyan Causes Catastrophic Death & Destruction – Space Images from NASA, ISRO, Roscosmos & ISS
Super Typhoon Haiyan over the Philippines on November 9, 2013 as imaged from Earth orbit by NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg…
Pakistan’s “Earthquake Island” Seen From Space
On the afternoon of Tuesday September 24, 2013, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Balochistan province in southern Pakistan, causing widespread destruction…
Insane Timelapse of a Rotating Supercell Looks Like an Alien Spaceship
Photographer and storm chaser Mike Olbinski has captured some incredible storm footage over the years (such as this apocalyptic haboob…
Swath of Destruction from Deadly Oklahoma Tornado Visible from Space
The tornado that devastated the region around Moore and Newcastle, Oklahoma on May 20, 2013 has been determined to be…
Astonishing Hi-Resolution Satellite Views of the Destruction from the Moore, Oklahoma Tornado
A new satellite map from Google and Digital Globe shows just-released satellite imagery of the damage from the tornado that…
Oklahoma Tornado on May 20, 2013 As Seen from Space
The massive tornado that tore through parts of Oklahoma on My 20, 2013 left a 32 km (20-mile) swath of…
Debunking Comet ISON Conspiracy Theories (No, ISON is Not Nibiru)
Comets always seem to bring ‘em out of the wood work. There’s a scene from the 1998 movie Deep Impact…