The largest solar telescope in the world captured swirling plasma structures on the sun’s surface. Take a look.

New high-tech tools let scientists “tag” along with these red-footed seabirds to solve the mystery of how boobies spend their ...

Recently, AI agents undergoing tests acted in surprising and concerning ways. This wasn’t supposed to happen, so how worried ...

New sensors can map infrasound — a deep-bass thrumming lower than what human ears can hear — emitted by a fire as its flames ...

Virga refers to rain or snow that evaporates before it reaches the ground.

Studying humanmade seismic waves is useful for a few reasons. It can help engineers construct safer buildings. City planners ...

Wildfires have captured headlines around the globe in recent years. In 2018, California wildfires caused record destruction and death. But the area they incinerated would be eclipsed by fires in 2020.

The sun is the closest star to Earth. That gives all Earthlings, especially astronomers, a front-row seat to its activities. One of the most striking features of the sun’s activity is what astronomers ...

A shoreline winds through the central Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. But rather than water, it’s the edge of a sea of nearly 400 billion trees. Here, the Amazon rainforest rubs up against the Cerrado ...

Crocodiles may not cry real tears, but they do have special hearts. A crocodile’s heart may help it digest large, bony meals. Like mammal and bird hearts, a crocodile’s heart is a muscle that pumps ...

The term “snow line” is used in both earth science and astronomy. It has similar, but slightly different, meanings in each field. On Earth, a snow line is the boundary between snow-covered and bare ...