Huge fissures open on Hawaiian volcano

Two new fissures opened on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, threatening nearby homes and prompting authorities to order new evacuations. Hawaii warn…

Hawaii residents displaced by erupting volcano

Thousands of residents have evacuated their homes in the southeastern area of Hawaii's Big Island, as Kilauea's eruptions destroy homes a…

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano erupts

Hundreds of residents on Hawaii's Big Island were ordered to evacuate their homes after the Kilauea Volcano erupted. HAWAII’S Big Island has…

A 'supermoon' full moon is seen rising in Pieta, Malta

A 'supermoon' full moon is seen rising in Pieta, Malta.

Supermoon of the century

A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon or a new moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, resu…

This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover

This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at "Namib Dune," where the rover's activities included scuf…

An image of the sun emitting a significant solar flare

Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the sun emitting a significant solar flare. This fl…

The surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

A combination of photographs taken with the CIVA camera system on the Philae lander shows the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. One of th…

Blood Moon

Blood Moon

2013, the earth's 6th hottest year on record