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Radar data from the NISAR satellite show that La Guaira and nearby areas experienced significant ground displacement from the June 2026 temblors.

The third category 5 tropical cyclone of 2026 crossed the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands and Guam before continuing toward Asia.

The blaze burned more than 150 square miles and swept through parts of a ski resort.

Over the years, astronauts aboard the International Space Station have photographed several of the cities hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Using satellite data, researchers connected harmful algal blooms with warm water and low water levels at one of Colorado's largest reservoirs.

It was here the founders shaped the future of American government.

The colonial communities of “America’s historic triangle” played defining roles in the road to American independence.

Sites relevant to the start of the American Revolutionary War are interspersed throughout the modern-day Boston metropolitan region.

The farms and gardens of Mount Vernon played a central role in the life of America’s first president.

Two hundred years ago, a battle in the port city of Baltimore inspired the writing of America’s national anthem.

Marshy, sandy terrain and an impassable inlet helped colonial forces repel British forces during a pivotal battle on the barrier island near Charleston, South Carolina, on June 28, 1776.

Phytoplankton added a milky blue hue to the waters of the Black Sea and nearby waterways in spring and summer 2026.

Apollo astronauts previewed their roles as lunar field geologists in Alaska’s Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.

Relentless rains are threatening a lake in Kenya's Great Rift Valley that has become a key hub in the global flower trade.

Drifting sea ice fragments near Alaska’s Saint Lawrence and Nunivak islands and colorful water around the Yukon Delta heralded the approach of the summer solstice.

The first named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season brought intense rainfall and the threat of flash flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Satellite observations of sea surface height indicated that the 2026 event continued to strengthen in early June.

Drought and water releases drained the Arizona reservoir to levels that have led to widespread fish deaths.

The Nebraska Sandhills—the largest system of sand dunes in the Western Hemisphere—stretch across about one-quarter of the state.

Buoyant volcanic rock fragments from an underwater eruption drifted across the Bismarck Sea and choked island coasts.

The city's metro area has pushed westward since it last hosted World Cup matches in 1986, expanding across a landscape shaped by ancient volcanoes.

The TEMPO mission helped scientists track morning nitrogen dioxide that contributed to afternoon ozone along the New York–Washington corridor in May 2026.

Ice splintered off the southern Patagonia glacier and drifted across a growing glacial lake.

Urban development, green spaces, and maritime activity converge in this Northern California city.

Once below a shallow sea, Jabal al Fāyah now stands above the desert in the United Arab Emirates as a reminder of a watery past and early human survival.

In fire-prone ecosystems in Australia's Northern Territory, prescribed burns are lit to minimize the severity of fires later in the season.

An astronaut’s photo, taken en route to the Moon, reveals our planet and its place in space in a novel way.

The sprawling storm promised to deliver torrential rain across a wide swath of southern Japan.

A wildland fire charred grassland, coastal sage scrub, and chaparral across one-third of the island, the second largest of the Channel Islands.

Satellites observed striking upper-atmosphere phenomena generated by an intensifying tropical cyclone.

Radar data from an agricultural area in South Africa, shown in a vivid color palette, reveal crop types and how they changed during the Southern Hemisphere's growing season.

Wild disturbances are on the rise, while land disturbed by human activity has been decreasing.

The volcano on Indonesia’s Halmahera Island routinely ejects ash, volcanic gases, and volcanic bombs.

Once a month during the full Moon, Landsat 9 turns from Earth to image the lunar surface, helping keep the spacecraft's data accurate and consistent.

In a precursor to Memorial Day, people in Charleston, South Carolina, honored fallen Civil War troops with flowers, songs, and marches at an event at a racetrack on May 1, 1865.

The strongest of several twisters to touch down in the southern part of the state in early May 2026 left a visible path of damaged vegetation.

Satellite imagery shows a surge of new volcanic activity in the ocean near Papua New Guinea.

The blaze spread across the southern side of the second-largest island in California’s Channel Islands National Park.

The glacial lake left a layer of silt and clay in southeastern Manitoba, creating fertile farmland that was divided during 19th-century land surveys and is still farmed today.

An astronaut on the International Space Station was surprised to photograph a shower of light streaking through the darkness while looking out of the Cupola.

A recent analysis revealed where artificial light at night has intensified, as well as where it has diminished.

Spring melt along Alaska’s Kuskokwim River caused ice jams and flooding.

Beaver Island is one in a string of verdant and scenic jewels in a northern Lake Michigan archipelago.

Valley fog gathered in the Victorian Alps while an arch-shaped cloud drifted across Port Phillip Bay.

Something is brewing in shallow waters offshore of Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia.

A landslide-triggered tsunami stripped vegetation from the shore of the glacial fjord in summer 2025.

Icy, isolated Peter I Island stirred up a show in the atmosphere off the West Antarctic coast.

Near-constant activity continues on the volcano in Russia.

From a geothermal hotspot to the one-time “Lighthouse of the Pacific,” the heat is on beneath the volcanic landscape of western El Salvador.