Geckos cling to walls using millions of microscopic hairs (setae) on their feet. Scientists replicated this structure to ...

Project Horizon was shuttered due to cost overruns. Had it succeeded, it would have militarized the lunar surface.

"We believe that continuing such activities will further expand our horizon in the field of planetary science." ...

The earliest peak of sizzling temperatures can be found in the desert Southwest, with places like El Paso, Texas, and Tucson, Arizona, reaching their hottest in late June. Meanwhile, cities like New ...

“It’s a paradox. The deep sea is highly connected, but also incredibly fragile,” said Dr. O’Hara. “Understanding how life is distributed and moves through this vast environment is essential if we want ...

Similar deep-sea volcanoes found on Earth support microbial life that lives inside solid rock without sunlight and oxygen. Some of these microbes, called thermophiles, live at temperatures hot enough ...

An ancient ice core from Mont Blanc has revealed 12,000 years of climate and human history, making it the oldest Alpine ice ...

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — When the running gets hard in this desert dubbed “hell on Earth,” Danny Westergaard ...

Earth has experienced both hot and cold periods over time, though warm times have been more common. That’s true of the last 485 million years, as seen in this timeline reported in 2024. Our genus, ...

Temperatures can plunge to -112 degrees F in winter with the coldest ever recorded at -128.56 degrees F on 21 July 1983. Special types of winds, called katabatic winds, blast across the continent.

More than 210 degrees Fahrenheit separates the highest and the lowest temperatures on record in the United States, the third-largest country in the world.

The Cold Tux and Brrr Tie are inspired by a moment from Coors Light's recent creative campaign, where two groomsmen help wedding guests choose chill in the heat of a summer wedding.