• Massive landslide struck Byneset near Trondheim, Norway

    The massive landslide struck just south of Trondheim in central Norway prompting evacuation of dozens people from a rural area bordering Norway’s third largest city on Sunday. The river of muddy black sludge stretching about a kilometre (over half a mile) was moving

  • Volcanic activity at the beginning of 2012

    We are entering into 2012 with ongoing volcanic activity at El Hierro (Canary Islands), Fuego (Guatemala),  Karymsky, Kizimen and Shiveluch (Kamchatka, Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii), Popocatépetl (México), Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Chile), Sakura-jima (Kyushu,

  • Tropical cyclone Thane striking Southern India

    Tropical Cyclone Thane slam southeastern India bringing damaging winds, flooding rain and inundating storm tides. The likely landfall will happen early Friday, local time, on the Tamil Nadu coast south of Chennai. Cities near the forecast landfall would be Puducherry

  • Phobos-Grunt reentry scheduled for January 14

    Russia’s Phobos-Grunt spacecraft will fall “unofficially” on January 14th, somewhere between 30.7 degrees north and 62.3 degrees east, placing debris near the city of Mirabad, in southwestern Afghanistan. RiaNovosti said this prediction is according to the United

  • Volcanic activity along Zubair Islands in Red Sea

    An eruption occurred in the Red Sea in December 2011. According to news reports, fishermen witnessed lava fountains reaching up to 30 meters (90 feet) tall on December 19. The activity in the Red Sea included more than an eruption. By December 23, 2011, what looked

  • Tropical Cyclone 06B aiming India

    Southeastern India may suffer late-week flooding rain and damaging winds whipped up by a tropical cyclone off the Bay of Bengal currently named Tropical Cyclone 06B (Six). Landfall of the storm will be possible on Friday, even late on Thursday, near Chennai in the

  • All 7 planets in the night sky this week

    This week presents a rare opportunity to see all the major planets of the solar system in a single night.SetupJust after sunset tonight (Dec. 21) the two brightest planets will be shining, weather permitting. Venus, the brightest, rides low in the southwest just