Two wildfires burning in Northern California's Siskiyou County, near the Oregon border, have destroyed more than 100 homes and affected thousands of people, as a dangerous heat wave roasts the U.S. West.
The latest: Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue said at a Sunday meeting in a school near the fire-ravaged Weed that two people had died in the Mill Fire that tore through the rural Northern California community, per AP.
Georgia's governor declared a state of emergency in two counties as heavy rains lashed the state's northwest, flash flooding that inundated homes and roads on Sunday.
The big picture: The National Weather Service issued flood watches and warnings for parts of Georgia through Monday due to the storm.
About 1 billion years ago, two galaxies merged, creating a new galaxy seen in a photo taken by a telescope in the Southern Hemisphere.
Why it matters: Galaxies can grow and evolve through collisions like this one, giving scientists a glimpse into the diversity of these types of objects out there in the universe.
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a distant planet circling a Sun-like star for the first time.
Why it matters: The JWST is designed to investigate and help scientists understand the compositions of exoplanet atmospheres in the hopes of eventually figuring out exactly what might make a world habitable.
