Wildfires

Satellite photos show just how big and destructive the Southern California wildfires have become.

California could see more wildfire events like this, even during the rainy season. That's because rising temperatures mean drier autumns.

Many of California's fiercest wildfires occur in September and October, owed in part to a powerful seasonal weather pattern known as katabatic winds. Here's what they are.

An animation of satellite images shows plumes of dense, gray smoke rising from wildfires burning in multiple locations in California.

Firefighting efforts in California are underway, to contain multiple wildfires that have already killed 13 people.

Today marks day 10 since the blaze was first detected by instruments aboard NASA satellites.

A brilliant, bright-green meteor blazed through the sky just north of Milwaukee early this morning (Feb. 6), and likely sprinkled space rocks into Lake Michigan.

Winds threaten to spread wildfires in Tennessee before relief from rain comes after midnight.

A burn scar left by a wildfire in Western Australia is so massive, it's visible from space, according to images captured by a NASA satellite.

As a wildfire blazes through a mountain pass in Southern California, two NASA satellites were able to snap photos of the smoke from space.