K2-18b is a little over 120 light-years from Earth — on a galactic scale, this world is practically in our backyard.

If we break the thread of climate science, amid the storms and floods and fires, we will speed unmoored toward great danger.

ANN ARBOR, MI — Severe cuts proposed at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) would shutter a ...

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

A seasonal forecast released by the Climate Prediction Center on Thursday shows a warmer-than-average outlook for nearly every state over the next three months.

Afterwards, heavy rain and thunder will be possible on and off through the Easter weekend. We are still on track for 1-3" of ...

A new research paper in the Astrophysical Journal suggests that Cambridge scientists have managed to find emissions from ...

The deadly, widespread flooding disaster that plunged parts of the central and southern United States underwater in early ...

Astronomers have made a detection suggesting biosignatures, or signs of biological activity, on an exoplanet located 124 ...

Fresh data from the James Webb Space Telescope provide more evidence for what some consider a biosignature — but debate is ...

Extreme rainfall events can cause devastating floods, landslides, and widespread damage, yet predicting them remains a major ...

While it has been quiet lately, we’ve got an active weekend featuring a couple of rounds of severe weather and heavy rain, ...