Thanks to the intrepid spacecraft Voyager 2, we’re learning more about interstellar space and what it is like at the edge of our solar system.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Millions of people are more vulnerable to rising seas than previously thought
Worldwide, some 300 million people live where climate-triggered flooding will occur by mid-century, a new study suggests.
Halloween weather forecast is frightful for many: Rain, snow and cold predicted
An onslaught of rain, snow and cold will make for a frightful Halloween for many trick-or-treaters this Thursday, forecasters say.
El Niño weather events are about to become more extreme thanks to climate change, study says
El Niños are a natural warming of sea water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that fuel weather extremes in the U.S. and around the world.
Ozone hole shrinks to smallest size on record, and it’s not related to global warming
Thanks to unusually warm temperatures high above Antarctica this month, the ozone hole shrank to its smallest size on record, scientists reported.
Mild but changeable winter weather predicted for much of U.S., federal forecasters say
A milder-than-average winter is predicted across much of the country, federal forecasters said in the official U.S. winter outlook released Thursday.
Powerful coastal storm known as a ‘bomb cyclone’ will blast the Northeast from New York to Maine
A powerful storm – created by a bombogenesis – will unleash rain and winds from the mid-Atlantic to New England at the end of the week
‘Very rare’ late-season tropical depression forms near Africa; forecasters also eye system in Central America
A tropical depression has formed off the coast of Africa in a rare location for so late in the Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters say.
Newly discovered comet is confirmed as an interstellar visitor – with a surprisingly familiar look
The comet is only the second interstellar comet ever detected in our solar system and the first that looks like a traditional comet.
Travel will be ‘impossible’ in the Dakotas as blizzard could bring up to 3 feet of snow
Residents of North and South Dakota are urged not to travel while a blizzard brings 1 to 3 feet of snow to the northern Plains