The killing only stopped when there was no one left to murder: From August to October 1942, 1.2 million Jews were slain by the Nazis.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Eyes to the sky: The Quadrantid meteor shower will brighten the night sky early Friday
For you skywatchers who can’t wait for the “super blood moon lunar eclipse, “the Quadrantid meteor shower will provide a few hours of entertainment Friday.
These species went extinct in 2018. More may be doomed to follow in 2019.
They’ve been on our planet for millions of years, but 2018 was the year several species officially vanished forever.
Friday fury: Two blizzards blast Midwest, Southwest; 50 million face flood threat in East
The USA’s weather isn’t going quietly into the new year, thanks to apair of blizzards and a widespreadflood threat.
Record-shattering heat wave scorches Australia as temperatures reach 120 degrees
A record-shattering heat wave continued to scorch Australia on Thursday as temperatures soared above 120 degrees in some spots.
Beyond Pluto: Spacecraft to fly by distant space rock ‘Ultima Thule’ on New Year’s Day
NASA’s unmanned New Horizon spacecraft, now zooming into outer space beyond Pluto, willfly by a small space rock known as Ultima Thule on New Year’s.
Ancient Antarctic ice sheet collapse could happen again, triggering a new global flood
Tens of thousands of years ago, agiant ice sheet in Antarctic melted, raising sea levels by up to 30 feet around the world. It could happen again.
The winter solstice, a full moon and a meteor shower are coming this weekend.
The solstice occurs at the same instant everywhere on Earth. In the United States, it happens at 5:23 p.m. ET Friday.
Farout: Scientists discover most distant object in solar system
Astronomers have discovered the most distant object in the solar system. It’sabout 11 billion miles from the sun.
Polar vortex? Back in the day, we called it ‘winter’
The polar vortex could be making a return engagement to the U.S. sometime later this month or in January.