Explore 25 bizarre Earth phenomena documented this year, from volcanic lightning to sailing stones. Witness nature's most ...

New research shows that though the world sees more rain overall, it's getting drier at the same time. How can that be? In simple terms, the world's rainfall increasingly is packed into bigger storms ...

The surface of the Sun is a tempestuous place, spewing bursts of plasma and gusts of solar wind that frequently collide with our planet. Research has shown that long-term shifts in solar activity can ...

NASA has selected a mission concept led by the University of Colorado Boulder to study Earth’s space weather systems and their impact on the planet’s atmosphere. The Dynamic Atmosphere-Ionosphere ...

Artist’s rendition of the Dynamic Atmosphere-Ionosphere Explorer (DAPHNE) mission concept. The coloring represents auroras and atmospheric waves in Earth’s atmosphere. Credit: Laboratory for ...

The Dynamic Atmosphere-Ionosphere Explorer, or DAPHNE, mission will study the interaction between space weather and the Earth's atmosphere. Credit: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics/Mary ...

NASA selected a mission concept to research how space weather and dynamics within Earth's atmosphere influence the space environment and help improve prediction capabilities for impacts on crucial ...

NASA has selected a mission concept led by the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) to investigate the complex system of space weather that surrounds Earth, and how this system connects ...

When Batman and Superman join forces, you have one of the mightiest pairs in pop culture. It seems almost unfair to throw "Weird Al" Yankovic into that mix, but that's exactly what DC is doing with a ...

This year is shaping up to be a miller moth bust not seen in Colorado in decades. Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University emeritus professor in entomology and extension specialist, has lived in ...