Earth is at its farthest point from the sun on July 3. So why are temperatures so high across the U.S.? The National weather forecast for this Thursday before Independence Day 2025 shows high ...

Did you know that a hurricane or tropical storm has never crossed the equator? The reason behind this fascinating phenomenon lies in a meteorological principle related to the rotation of the Earth: ...

Solar Orbiter's view of the Sun from an angle of 17 degrees below the solar equator. ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team For more than 60 years, various spacecraft and telescopes have journeyed through ...

A mass of air called the polar vortex has escaped the Arctic and plunged southward. Some scientists see the fingerprints of climate change. By Austyn Gaffney The unusual gust of frigid air extending ...

Earth will complete a rotation 1.33 milliseconds earlier than usual on Tuesday, August 5. That makes it one of the shortest days of 2025 at 86,399.99867 seconds long. How that happens, and how we can ...