A new study shows heatwaves are lasting longer and accelerating with each degree of warming - especially in tropical regions.

Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running ...

Scientists say a hotter planet is driving more intense storms. But experts say the U.S. is also not doing enough to adapt to ...

Environmental data collected by a recent NASA study shows a sharp uptick in global extreme weather events in the past five ...

Our universe is full of strange and inhospitable worlds, many of which are so terrifying, they would be a nightmare for any ...

Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme. At least, that's what astronomers found when ...

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

The universe is full of strange and terrifying worlds that are unlike anything we know here on Earth. From planets that are covered in oceans of molten metal to gas giants with temperatures hotter ...

Planets with giant orbits – such as the possible ninth planet in the solar system – are not an anomaly at all, but a normal by-product of the chaotic formation phase of solar systems.

A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in our solar system.

A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in our solar system.