Volcanoes that dominate postcards and disaster movies are often the ones we can see, their peaks etched against the sky. Yet ...

A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our ...

When we think of snow, we usually think of winter. But did you know that it is always snowing in the ocean? Read more about marine snow.

In South Africa there’s a little-known ecosystem, containing more plant species than the entire Amazon, plants that are found ...

NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, tracks Santa's Christmas Eve flight around the world each year.

The world is a pretty fascinating place. But there are so many things happening all at once that you’d be forgiven for ...

Scientists have uncovered why big predators like sharks spend so much time in the ocean’s twilight zone. The answer lies with ...

Track Santa’s 2025 journey in real time using Google and NORAD’s interactive Santa trackers, with maps, arrival times, and ...

Greenland: a crucial player in the Arctic chess game, where local culture meets global interests amidst changing climates.

Imagine if Greenland bordered Portugal, Brazil no longer had a coastline, and Tibet suddenly lay by the sea. It sounds ...

In recent years, a major ocean current changed its path in two crucial ways. Now parts of the sea are rising, other parts are falling, ocean temperatures are breaking records — and Japan’s iconic ...