Day: March 1, 2025

The outlook for a private spacecraft to conduct a fly-by mission of an asteroid known as 2022 OB5 looks bleak after a series of communication issues. The spacecraft Odin launched aboard a SpaceX rocket on Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. California-based AstroForge says plans to eventually mine space rock and will attempt another mission next year.

A dry, windy Saturday across the Eastern Seaboard sparked dozens of pop-up fires from Georgia and the Carolinas through Delmarva Peninsula and Jersey Shore. More than 40 million residents from the South to the Northeast were placed under Red Flag Warnings, due to the combination of low humidity, dry terrain and gusty winds, which led to increased dangers of fires quickly growing out of control.

Recently shot video shows two women being rescued after their SUV careened off the road and crashed, upside down, into a creek in the Denver suburb of Centennial.

In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, a person who was able to foresee the future warned Caesar to "beware the Ides of March." Under the ancient Roman calendar, the Ides referred to the full moon of any month, which usually occurred between the 12th and 16th. As legend has it, Julius Caesar was assassinated by Roman senators on March 15, 44 BCE, which is why the saying "beware the Ides of March" is still used today on March 15.

A FedEx cargo plane had an engine burst into flames when it was struck by a bird during takeoff Saturday morning.

Jade, a 6-week-old stray kitten, was rescued from brutal winter weather after she was found on the front porch of a Buffalo home.

Roadwork in Nevada hit a snag Tuesday with a runaway cow. This four-legged fugitive caused "udder chaos" near Las Vegas, forcing a construction shutdown.

A powerful storm that is threatening a dangerous severe weather outbreak in the South Tuesday is expected to bring widespread impacts on its northern flank across the Midwest, with potentially damaging winds, soaking rain, and areas of snow.