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Ever Restless Mount Dukono Erupts

- Indonesia had nine actively erupting volcanoes in May 2026, the most of any country at the time. - Mount Dukono on Halmahera Island has erupted nearly continuously since 1933, producing frequent ash, gas emissions, and volcanic bombs. - On May 8, 2026, falling ash and volcanic bombs killed hikers; activity continued with ~52 events per day (May 9–16) and ash plumes to 400–4,300 m above the summit. - NASA and U.S. satellites detected thermal anomalies, ash, and sulfur dioxide; authorities set alert level 2 and advised a 4 km exclusion zone.

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Fighting Fire With Fire

Fighting Fire With Fire

- NASA’s Aqua/MODIS imagery captured smoke from numerous fires in Australia’s Northern Territory on May 28, 2026. - Many detected fires are deliberate prescribed burns, typically lit in mornings to manage savanna fuel loads. - Indigenous practices and modern programs (e.g., WALFA, Arnhem Land Fire Abatement)

NASA-Funded Study Shows Wildfire Smoke’s Hidden Ozone Toll

NASA-Funded Study Shows Wildfire Smoke’s Hidden Ozone Toll

- A NASA-supported study found that over the past decade wildfires have increased ground-level ozone (smog) across much of the contiguous U.S., worsening air quality far from fires. - Nationally, fires offset nearly four years of ozone-control gains; in the Midwest wildfires erased about 5.3 years of progress

A Moonlit Earth as Seen From Artemis II

A Moonlit Earth as Seen From Artemis II

- An Artemis II crew member photographed Earth from the Orion spacecraft after the translunar injection burn, capturing a full-disk view on April 2, 2026. - The visible hemisphere is lit by moonlight and shows a Sun sliver, green auroras at the poles, fuzzy zodiacal light, and Venus. - High