A NASA spacecraft successfully nudged a harmless asteroid aside in deep space, shifting the asteroid’s orbit in a test mission to save the Earth.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Keep an eye to the sky: The full hunter’s moon will rise Sunday evening
The hunter’s moon – the first full moon of fall – will rise Sunday, Oct. 9 in the eastern sky right around sunset.
Tropical Storm Julia forms in the Caribbean; likely to hit Central America as a hurricane
Tropical Storm Julia formed Friday morning in the southern Caribbean Sea and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane.
Hurricane season isn’t over: Forecasters warn Central America to watch new tropical system
Forecasters are monitoring a developing tropical system that’s spinning in the Caribbean and could threaten Central America as early as this weekend.
What is storm surge? Explaining a hurricane’s deadliest and most destructive threat
A storm surge, the massive mound of water that builds up and comes ashore during a hurricane, is often the storm’s most destructive threat.
Hurricane Ian’s forecast calls for rapid intensification. What does that mean?
They are two of the most feared words associated with hurricane forecasting: rapid intensification. That’s what we’re dealing with in Hurricane Ian.
Tropical Storm Ian forms in Caribbean, could hit Florida as a major hurricane: What we know
Forecasts show the storm strengthening into a major hurricane as it approaches Florida by the middle of next week.
A hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico next week? Forecasters warn of ‘significant threat’ to US
A developing tropical system, known as Invest 98L, could spin up into a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico by next week, forecasters warned.
Major earthquake strikes Mexico on Sept. 19 for third time since 1985, this time a magnitude 7.6; 1 dead
The U.S. Tsunami Warning Center said a tsunami was possible only along parts of the Mexican coastline within about 200 miles of the quake epicenter.
Tropical Storm Fiona takes aim on Puerto Rico, Caribbean islands
Tropical Storm Fiona continued to churn across the Atlantic Ocean Thursday and is forecast to threaten Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands this weekend.