A clear science explanation breaks down how lightning forms and why it branches through the air instead of traveling in a ...

Airlines routinely adjust routes to take advantage of favourable winds, even if that means flying a path that looks longer.

Sunday is the shortest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical winter. It’s ...

Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in its 2026 orbit on Jan. 3. The sun will appear larger in the sky than on any ...

The shortest day of the year is the winter solstice for your hemisphere: around 21 December in the Northern Hemisphere and around 21 June in the Southern Hemisphere. On that day, you get the fewest ...

The closing of this year's ozone hole over the Antarctic continues the positive trend of smaller gaps in Earth's ozone layer in recent years, perhaps leading to an eventual, full recovery of it in the ...

At the Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice the upper half of the Earth is at its furthest lean away from the sun — leading to the shortest day and longest night of the year. The winter solstice ...

While the shortest day of the year is on December 21 in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the longest day ...

When people are dropped into the most dangerous of conditions – as when disaster strikes, or during exploration of another ...

The announcement was made during a press conference held today at Dubai Chambers’ headquarters in the presence of Saeed Al ...