Earth's rotation is currently speeding up, leading to slightly shorter days, a trend that began around 2020. Scientists ...

Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.

Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

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Somewhere between Google Earth glitches and ancient prophecy, a new kind of internet mystery has taken hold. It doesn’t come ...

Early Tuesday morning, a delicate, wispy cloud type rarely seen formed over western Montana, lighting up the pre-dawn sky.

China’s lunar ambitions have evolved from symbolic flag planting to a systematic push for permanent space infrastructure.

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Something’s stirring in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) – and a strange “hole” of cold water in the ...

Forecasters are set to lose some of their sharpest eyes in the sky just a few months before Atlantic hurricane season peaks ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

Mercury moves super fast around the Sun, finishing its year in just 88 Earth days. The planet has crazy temperature swings, ...