NASA satellites observe a column of smoke caused by a forest fire over Saskatchewan, indicating an early and intense fire ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Xcel Energy, alleging the Minnesota-based electric company caused the 2024 Smokehouse Creek Fire.

In one study, these particles from high-altitude wildfire smoke created a dramatic cooling effect not accounted for in current climate models.

The big exhale is something teams have already circled as a chance to regroup, evaluate their squads and hopefully allow some nagging early-season injuries to heal. But that time off comes at a cost, ...

Tokyo has lost its status as the world’s largest city, with another sprawling Asian metropolis, Indonesia's vast capital Jakarta, knocking it off the top spot. Dhaka, Bangladesh, follows close behind ...

New Takes on the classics. Throughout our centennial year, we’re revisiting notable works from the archive. Sign up to receive them directly in your inbox. “Though I had always wanted to be an opium ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is allowing astronomers to examine distant galaxies in the far reaches of the early universe for the first time. Some of these have chemical signatures that seem ...

The world’s largest wind turbine—currently being tested off the coast of China—has blades that are more than twice as long as a Boeing 777’s wingspan. It can generate 26 megawatts (MW) of energy, more ...