During extreme cold snaps, people sometimes report hearing trees 'explode.' Trees don’t literally blow apart, but they can crack suddenly, producing a loud bang. The cause is simple physics. When ...

NASA plans to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on August 30 to investigate questions about the composition of the ...

NASA’s new observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, is ready to launch and solve the universe’s enduring mysteries.

You’re roaming Yellowstone National Park as the ground begins to rumble, pressure builds, and then…KA-BOOM! Goodbye to ...

Tall trees are generally associated with high-biomass forests. This is particularly true for forests dominated by Sequoia ...

Taiwan’s steep, remote mountains have sheltered extraordinary forests containing hundreds of giant Taiwania firs. After years of difficult expeditions, LiDAR mapping, and citizen-science detective ...

In March and April 2027, the Science Friday Book Club will read “When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy” by Beronda L. Montgomery. Keep an eye on this ...

The update comes more than two months after a New Glenn rocket exploded at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on ...

Over the past 40 years, the same Amazon trees growing in Peru have started growing thinner, flimsier leaves. Scientists worry they’re being pushed to the brink.

The recent announcement of Pennsylvania’s first measles-related deaths in decades has ignited a public feud among politicians ...

“By putting out every fire for a hundred years, they created, indirectly, what are now some of the greatest wildfires,” ...

Explore 25 natural phenomena that science has yet to explain. From ball lightning to the Taos Hum, discover Earth's most ...