A clever swap has extended the historic Voyager 2’s mission in interstellar space. Engineers are hoping to do the same for Voyager 1.

Extreme weather is drying up Europe’s rivers in a crisis so dire it can be seen from space Relentless heat and a dearth of rain are having a punishing effect on some of Europe’s most vital rivers. The ...

A tropical storm or hurricane could track close enough to Hawaii to produce dangerous seas and surf, heavy rain, flash flooding and locally damaging winds. Even without becoming a named storm, a ...

A rare tick virus was recently confirmed in New York for the first time amid a busy tick season. The first case of the Bourbon virus, a rare infection transmitted by the lone star tick, was recently ...

A solar eclipse will darken the sky Wednesday, Aug. 12, as the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, an event that will be seen by millions. For skywatchers in North America, it will not be a ...

Fast-moving wildfires near Spokane, Washington, have burned about 10,500 acres, forced thousands of people to evacuate and damaged or destroyed at least 850 structures since erupting on Aug. 1. The ...

Wildfires ignited by lightning are expanding across the Northwest as heat and drought persist, sending smoke across the northern and eastern U.S. and southern Canada and raising concerns over ...

Most of the heavy rain is expected to move offshore late Monday night. However, a few showers may linger into Tuesday afternoon, especially farther south across parts of the mid-Atlantic. See Also: ...

Massive wildfires in eastern Washington and other parts of the region are causing dangerous air quality in much of the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies. As the sun rose Thursday morning, weather ...

Thousands of lightning strikes are complicating wildfire response efforts across Oregon, sparking new fires as crews work to contain several large blazes already burning across the state. The ...

An unusually strong July storm brought flooding rain to much of the Northeast, with flash flooding, travel disruptions and localized rainfall totals up to nearly a foot.

"In terms of new fire starts, the building heat dome and widespread dry air should mean little, if any, thunderstorms, so the risk of natural fire starts will be low," Anderson sa ...