Maps of recent changes show intricate patterns of watery hills and valleys, but also call attention to one extraordinary ...

The Earth's magnetic field and oxygen evolved together over 540 million years, according to a major NASA study.

Djibouti's Lake Assal is the saltiest lake on Earth, and it makes for an amazing windsurfing experience. The unique landscape ...

The Ocean's Steady Breath The trade winds are permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in Earth's equatorial region, ...

Astronomers have produced the first continuous, two-dimensional maps of the outer edge of the sun's atmosphere, a shifting, ...

New study of Voyager 2 data shows Uranus experienced a solar wind event during the 1986 flyby, helping explain unusual magnetosphere readings ...

Westerly wind bursts can trigger the beginning of a shift from La Niña to El Niño, a change that can have big consequences ...

This cold blast could be relatively short-lived, with a return to more typical wintry temperatures by later in December.

A polar vortex is a large, low-pressure system of cold air that typically resides near the Earth’s poles, surrounded by ...

If you ever find yourself on Macquarie Island—a narrow, wind-lashed ridge halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica—the first ...

NASA launches TRACERS satellites to reveal how solar energy penetrates Earth's magnetic shield and triggers space storms.

Some water managers reluctantly hoped for a tropical system to take a run at Florida as drought persisted into the wet season ...