On the afternoon of March 12, 2026, a wildland fire ignited in Morrill County, Nebraska. Within 12 hours, high winds had propelled flames approximately 70 miles (110 kilometers) east-southeast across the prairie. The Morrill fire would burn over 640,000 acres (260,000 hectares) within a week, becoming the largest wildfire in the state’s history. This image…
Alongside Creg y Cowin, the MWT plans to plant more trees and restore more woodland at the Glion Darragh and Glen Auldyn Reserves, near Ramsey, which recently became the largest nature reserve on the island, stretching over 1,000 acres (about 405 hectares). Source: Read Full Article
Saturn’s spin has displayed perplexing changes when observed in the past, but it turns out that its abnormal behavior is just an illusion created by the ringed planet’s aurora. Astronomers previously noticed that Saturn appeared to exhibit a changing rotation rate, yet this made no sense — a planet can’t alter its spin out of…
FILE – An oil tanker passes at sunrise while a man fishes in Port Aransas, Texas, Aug. 9, 2025. Eric Gay/AP FILE – Doug Burgum, Secretary of Interior, delivers speech at the reception of the Indo-Pacific Energy Security Ministerial and Business Forum at U.S. Ambassador’s Residence, March 13, 2026, in Tokyo. Eugene Hoshiko/AP FILE –…
The Galápagos lava heron, a small heron that stalks the lava-strewn shores of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, may finally have secured its place as a distinct species. The Galápagos lava heron (Butorides sundevalli). Image credit: Casey Klebba / CC BY-SA 4.0. The Galápagos lava heron, a slate-gray to black heron endemic to the Galápagos Islands,…
March 30, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm NASA starts countdown clock to historic Artemis II moon mission launch The space agency is targeting Wednesday, April 1, to launch a crew of four astronauts on a potentially record-breaking journey around the moon and back By Claire Cameron edited by Jeanna Bryner NASA…
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This week, for the first time in 50 years, Nasa is sending people to the moon once more. And though none of the four astronauts of Artemis II will land on the lunar surface, the mission – which will involve flying around the moon – will take humans deeper into space than we have ever…
For the first time in half a century, countdown clocks began ticking Monday toward launch of a three-man one-woman crew on a trip to the moon and back, a major step in NASA’s accelerated drive to establish a lunar beachhead with landings in 2028, followed by construction of a moon base. With forecasters continuing to…
