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Video Shows Twin Vortices Over Boston’s Pleasure Bay as Cause Remains Unclear

Experts say the spin-ups may be natural eddies or aircraft wake.

SpaceX Set to Launch Transporter-16 Rideshare from Vandenberg with 119 Payloads

Juno Study Finds Jupiter Lightning Reaches 100 Times Earth’s Power

D.C. Severe-Weather Bust Triggers Apologies and Fresh Scrutiny of Forecast Messaging

Hawaii Braces for Peak Kona Low With Flooding, Damaging Winds and Summit Snow

Kona Low Begins Drenching Hawaii as Second, Stronger Round Nears

Study Confirms Record Martian Electron Surge From 2024 Solar Superstorm

ESA Mars Orbiters Capture Record Ionospheric Surge From 2024 Solar Superstorm

Total Lunar Eclipse Turns Moon Red Overnight Across the Pacific, East Asia and the Americas

Scientists Warn Space Launch Boom Is Polluting the Upper Atmosphere With New Lithium Plume Evidence

Scientists Trace Lithium Plume to SpaceX Falcon 9 Reentry in First Ground-Based Detection

Saharan Dust Returns to France Through Friday as Forecasters Eye Stronger Pulse Early Next Week

Juno Reveals Kilometer-Scale ‘Beads’ in Ganymede’s Aurora

Horacio Weakens After Peaking as 2026’s First Category 5 in the South Indian Ocean

Thundersnow Hits Massachusetts South Shore as Nor’easter Batters Scituate

First Confirmed Link Between Rocket Reentry and Upper-Atmosphere Metal Pollution

Lidar Study Ties Upper-Atmosphere Lithium Cloud to Falcon 9 Reentry

Study Links Lithium Plume to SpaceX Falcon 9 Reentry in First Direct Detection of Reentry Pollution

Dirty Rain in Chicago Linked to Plains Dust and Wildfire Smoke

Solar Halo Encircles Lima’s Midday Sun as Meteorologists Explain the Optics