🌌✨ Top Astronomical Events – Second Half of January 2026 ✨🌌 Get ready for an exciting finish to the month—January’s second half is packed with beautiful skywatching moments! From meteors to planets, comets to star clusters, there’s something special in the night sky for everyone. 🌠🔭 --- 🌠 January 18: γ-Ursae Minorid Meteor Shower A small but peaceful meteor shower that may produce just a few shooting stars per hour. It’s not a huge storm, but it’s perfect for a calm night under the stars—es

On Dec 26, 2004, the Indian Ocean tsunami struck more than a dozen countries, killing over 230,000 people.Twenty years on, many are still picking up the pieces of their lives that were destroyed by the disaster. #indianoceantsunami #tsunami | CNA

On December 26, 2004, a historic earthquake shook the world. As many were celebrating the holiday season, a team of USGS scientists worked through the night, observing one of the largest and deadliest seismic events in modern history: the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (Magnitude 9.1). This catastrophic event triggered tsunamis that claimed over 230,000 lives across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. But from tragedy came transformation. The aftermath led to groundbreaking changes in ho