Millions of people in the Southeast lost power as Hurricane Helene tore through communities from Tallahassee, Florida to Damascus, Virginia, and everywhere in between. Many remain in the dark days later.
The intrigue: The National Weather Service released this view from space that illustrates the trail of darkness left by Helene. The photo above was taken from a NOAA satellite on Saturday, Sept. 28, more than a day after the storm's landfall in Florida.
Impulse Space, a California-based developer of orbital transfer vehicles, raised $150 million in Series B funding led by Founders Fund.
Why it matters: Impulse is led by the first employee at SpaceX, Tom Mueller, and intends to serve as a last-mile logistics provider for the satellite and payload boom that SpaceX helped enable.
Nearly six months after April's rare total solar eclipse, a small sliver of Americans will get the chance to see an annular solar eclipse or a partial eclipse today.
The big picture: An annular solar eclipse — also known as a "ring of fire" eclipse — will be visible from parts of Chile and Argentina with a partial eclipse visible from parts of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, including Hawaii, according to NASA.
Hurricane Helene has left officials in six Southeastern states grappling to respond to the widespread destruction it caused after hitting Florida as a Category 4 storm last week.
The big picture: Officials confirmed at least 57 deathsin North Carolina Tuesdayand raised the death count in Georgia from 17 to 25 Monday, bringing the number of storm-related deaths across six states to more than 166, per AP.
