May 2, 2026

Orionid meteor shower starts tonight: once in our lifetime moment

  Punjab News 24, October 20: The meteor shower is visible throughout October, but it hits its peak on the nights of the 20th and 21st of October. That’s when it’s possible to see between 15 and 30 meteors every hour. According to NASA, it is going to be one of the most beautiful meteor […]

Why Caribbean Islands Went Brown And How Long Will They Stay That Way?

We recently posted several striking pairs of satellite images of Caribbean islands before and after they were hit by Hurricane Irma. The images show lush, green vegetation turning a dark shade of brown. We were curious about what exactly caused the damage and how quickly vegetation might recover, so we checked in with Edmund Tanner, a University of Cambridge ecologist who […]

Impact Site: Cassini’s Final Image

Punjab News 24: This monochrome view is the last image taken by the imaging cameras on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. It looks toward the planet’s night side, lit by reflected light from the rings, and shows the location at which the spacecraft would enter the planet’s atmosphere hours later. A natural color view, created using images taken […]

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