November 19, 2024 2 min read ‘Bomb Cyclone’ and Atmospheric River Will Pummel U.S. West Coast A major windstorm and an atmospheric river are set to unleash a “firehose” of precipitation from California to British Columbia By Andrea Thompson A “bomb cyclone” and atmospheric river are set to bring damaging winds, heavy snow and torrential […]
This artist’s illustration shows a disk of material (red, orange, and yellow) created after a supermassive black hole (depicted on the right) destroyed a star through intense tidal forces. After a few years, this disk expanded outward until it began intersecting another orbiting object — either a star or a small black hole — around […]