Earth’s magnetic north is not static. Like an anchorless buoy pushed by ocean waves, the magnetic field is constantly on the move as liquid iron sloshes around in the planet’s outer core.

India observes Sankranti as a mid-winter harvest festival. Celebrated with kites in Gujarat, prayers in the north and Pongal ...

Scientists have revealed that a crucial system of Atlantic Ocean currents could collapse by the 2030s, dramatically altering ...

A polar vortex dipping down from Siberia will bring a cold front with frigid temperatures to nearly 300 million Americans.

Systems of atmospheric pressure can shape Texas weather as deadly hurricanes or as scorching heat domes, depending on whether ...

To me this is a great way of gauging just how far north some northern Hemisphere locations are to the North Pole. Creating these maps also shows how Sydney and Brisbane and Cairns in Australia are ...

In the Northern Hemisphere's winter ... The first paragraph of this article was amended to clarify the map refers to wind chill rather than temperatures.

The Northern Lights were visible across parts of Ireland last night, with one photographer capturing the display over Buncrana, Co Donegal. Pink and green illuminations were recorded lighting up ...

The Quadrantids meteor shower will have its most vibrant display tonight into early Friday morning, with meteors emanating from the northeast in the direction of the Big Dipper. Partly to mostly ...

A light, 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Northern California on Wednesday ... U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. Aftershocks can occur days, weeks or even years after ...

From the AURA Observatory in Chile, it will map the entire Southern Hemisphere in unprecedented detail. DW reports from Elqui Valley, north of Santiago. Skip next section More on Science from ...