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The New Madrid Fault area along Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois and Tennessee is a wildly unpredictable seismic area. It can be completely quiet for days then suddenly show activity. That happened over the past week as a mini-swarm of 9 quakes have been recorded.

A brilliant space rock barely missed Earth early Thursday morning as security cameras in Missouri captured video of this Earth-grazing meteor.

Never underestimate Illinois to come up with something strange. There really was an earthquake in the Land of Lincoln today and it wasn't tiny either. However, it was only felt by one lonely person apparently.

If you somehow missed the great total solar eclipse that crossed Missouri in August of 2017, you'll get another chance as one of the cities in the Show Me State is now one of the top 10 places to see the total solar eclipse in 2024.

It's been said that there's only one thing that everyone has in common and that's the fact that we're all dying. What a happy thought. If you take a look at statistically what the top 10 causes of death are in Missouri, you'll find some that might surprise you.

The plot thickens. Or, perhaps it's the air over St. Louis as a new report claims that air pollution over the big city could soon become "dangerous". Let's explore what that means.

Since I'm an earthquake nerd, I keep close tabs on the New Madrid Fault that weaves its way through southern Missouri. Normally, there are small quakes that happen almost constantly, but that's not been the case this month. Activity along the fault zone has become eerily quiet.

Thanks to a stronger than expected solar storm, the Northern Lights are visible Sunday night over northern Illinois. Thanks to a generous photographer, you can see the stunning pics of this amazing sky display.

While most of America is looking forward to the historic total solar eclipse that will cross the country in April of 2024, there's another one in October of 2023 that should be at least partially visible in both Quincy and Hannibal. Maybe.

There is one place in Missouri that bears a scar from a collision with a space rock millions of years ago. It's a crater from a mighty impact from an asteroid that struck the land around 300 million years ago.