Tornado Updates

A new study published in The Planetary Science Journal suggests that NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission could lead to a meteor shower. Later in 2024, the European Space Agency plans to launch a follow-up mission to explore the potential impacts.

A group of birds that were unfortunately electrocuted when they hit power equipment Tuesday afternoon ended up triggering a brush fire that scorched 35 acres in Colorado.

As elk mating season, or rut, has begun at Yellowstone National Park, officials are warning park visitors that male elk have become more unpredictable and aggressive.

A State of Florida plan to allow for developments in nine state parks triggered thousands of residents to protest. According to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the state’s park service is one of the largest in the country, with 175 sites across more than 813,000 acres.

Four hikers, including one pregnant woman, were rescued after flash flooding overtook and then separated them in Zion National Park.

A search helicopter spotted the body of 32-year-old Grant Marcuccio on Sunday one-third of a mile east of McPartland Peak, national park officials said.

The fiery crash of booster off the coast of Florida has resulted in the Federal Aviation Administration launching an investigation to find the cause. A lengthy investigation could result in delays for the Polaris Dawn mission and other planned rocket launches.

More than 260 dinosaur footprints discovered in Brazil and Cameroon provide further evidence that South America and Africa were once connected as part of a giant continent millions of years ago.

It was a short-lived achievement for one West Virginia angler this month. He can thank his fishing buddy on the same boat for trumping his newly crowned title minutes apart.