For you skywatchers who can’t wait for the “super blood moon lunar eclipse, “the Quadrantid meteor shower will provide a few hours of entertainment Friday.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
These species went extinct in 2018. More may be doomed to follow in 2019
They’d been on our planet for millions of years, but 2018 was the year several species officially vanished forever.
Friday fury: Two blizzards blast Midwest, Southwest; 50 million face flood threat in East
The USA’s weather isn’t going quietly into the new year, thanks to apair of blizzards and a widespreadflood threat.
Beyond Pluto: Spacecraft to fly by distant space rock ‘Ultima Thule’ on New Year’s Day
NASA’s unmanned New Horizon spacecraft, now zooming into outer space beyond Pluto, willfly by a small space rock known as Ultima Thule on New Year’s.
Ancient Antarctic ice sheet collapse could happen again, triggering a new global flood
Tens of thousands of years ago, agiant ice sheet in Antarctic melted, raising sea levels by up to 30 feet around the world. It could happen again.
Christmas travel weather forecast: Stormy Friday, then mostly quiet except for Northwest
The rain and storms that lashed the eastern U.S. on Thursday will continue to peltportions of the East on Friday, leading to more travel troubles.
From bees to giraffes, 10 animal species are ‘imperiled’ by Trump administration, report says
From bees to giraffes and wolves to manatees, a new report saysTrump Administration proposals ‘would weaken the Endangered Species Act.’
Wet Christmas: 67 million at risk of seeing floods on busiest travel days
If you’re one of the 112 million Americans traveling for Christmas, a soaking rainstorm could lead to air and road headaches Thursday and Friday.
Farout: Scientists discover most distant object in solar system
Astronomers have discovered the most distant object in the solar system. It’sabout 11 billion miles from the sun.
The winter solstice is today. A full moon and a meteor shower are coming this weekend.
The solstice occurs at the same instant everywhere on Earth. In the United States, it happens at 5:23 p.m. ET Friday.