Green Valley's Molly Sheridan completed seven marathons on seven continents in seven days this past February. That included ...

Green Valley's Molly Sheridan completed seven marathons on seven continents in seven days this past February. That included ...

Lightning happens all the time, but certain parts of the world get far less of it than others, including near the North Pole. Lightning requires atmospheric instability, something that’s set up ...

At APL, a team is developing portable tech to detect ocean species using eDNA. Their goal: real-time, low-cost monitoring to ...

Runners are preparing for the Chicago Marathon later this year, but one resident has her sights set much, much further north.

A rare geological event occurs every 300,000 years or so: the Earth’s magnetic poles flip. The magnetic poles are the two ...

The difficulty making his first blockbuster messed with Steven Spielberg's head far more than we may have realized.

We Earthlings see the sun every day of our lives—but gaining a truly new view of our star is a rare and precious thing. So ...

The magnetic north pole, distinct from the geographic North Pole, is the point where Earth’s magnetic field lines converge. NASA via Rawpixel. For decades, Earth’s magnetic north pole has been ...

Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.

The magnetic north pole is different from the geographic North Pole (or “true north”), which is where Earth’s axis meets its surface and is a fixed point on the globe.

Preet Chandi becomes first woman of color to trek solo to South Pole 04:08. A 21-year-old Norwegian woman has become the youngest person to reach the South Pole on skis, solo and without ...