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

The sun's ascent above Earth's horizon is observed from the International Space Station, marking the approaching peak of ...

This week in the Boston Globe Weather Mailbag, Globe Weather HQ tackles questions surrounding summer thunderstorm frequency, ...

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NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. Luckily, it won't get near enough to be a threat ...

Our galaxy may reside in a billion-light-year-wide cosmic bubble that accelerates local expansion, potentially settling the ...

After 12 consecutive months with temperatures 1.5 C above the 1850-1900 average, Earth’s temperature has now fallen slightly. But that doesn't mean the planet is cooling off.