President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs, an atmospheric scientist, to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Most people hear “spacecraft” and envision rockets blasting into space, but they’re often not aware of the meticulous ...

What is space weather, what causes it, and how does it affect humans? Physicist Robyn Millan, who co-chaired a recent National Academies decadal report on solar and space physics, answered questions ...

The Pliocene epoch, which lasted from 5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago, was a consequential time in Earth's history. The Isthmus of Panama formed, connecting North and South America, and the ...

A University of Hawaii at Mānoa study on the freezing of water droplets suspended in air sheds light on a key process in ...

Low-emitting oil and natural gas facilities make up an outsize chunk of the sector’s methane footprint in the United States ...

Mars might be our next home, but Venus was our first obsession. In the 20th century, astronomers dreamed of oceans and jungles on Venus - until the Soviet Venera probes proved otherwise. Extreme heat, ...