Meredith Garofalo

Data from NASA satellites show a plunge in freshwater on Earth since May 2014, with 13 of the 30 most powerful droughts across the globe having taken place since January 2015.

Drought conditions expanded to record-breaking levels across the US during the month of October as temperatures also climbed to record highs.

Rafael made landfall in Cuba Wednesday (Nov. 6), and NOAA's GOES satellites have been monitoring the storm every step of the way.

A X2.3 solar flare Wednesday morning (Nov. 6), leading to shortwave radio blackouts for parts of the southern hemisphere.

The sun erupted with an X-class solar flare on Halloween, and solar activity is expected to remain high through Nov. 3.

Solar Cycle 25 remains in its maximum phase, and more powerful sun storms are likely to come over the next few months, experts say.

A powerful X-class solar flare that erupted on Tuesday (Oct. 8) could generate a strong geomagnetic storm Thursday (Oct. 10) and Friday (Oct. 11), possibly leading to supercharged auroras.

The SOHO spacecraft captured amazing imagery of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) zooming near the sun as the star unleashed a powerful X flare.

An X2.1 solar flare erupted from the prolific sunspot AR 3842 on Monday (Oct. 7), triggering radio blackout across North and South America.

College students are making "waves" with a discovery they made during the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023.

Just when we thought the sun was taking a bit of a break, the sunspot AR3842 fired off two powerful solar flares, including a monster X7.1.

Temperature fluctuations above Antarctica in winter show the earliest warming of the stratosphere on record.

The sun unleashed an X1.3-class solar flare on Thursday (Sept. 12), increasing the likelihood of widespread auroras this weekend.

Hurricane Francine, the sixth storm of this year's Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall on the Louisiana coast late afternoon on Wednesday.

Satellites operated by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration watched Tropical Storm Francine strengthen as it approaches the Gulf Coast.

NOAA is researching how to update its Space Weather Scales and how it can better communicate its space weather forecasts with the public and government agencies.

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System successfully spread its "wings" in space.

Three U.S. teams in NASA's Deep Space Food Finale won a combination of $1.25 million for developing delicious and safe food for astronauts.

A recent study confirms a European rock formation likely holds the clues to what was once a "snowball Earth."

For the first time in more than 20 years, the daily record for sunspots is likely to be broken during Solar Cycle 25.

July is in the books as yet another record-setting month of extreme heat and weather.

Getting a live play-by-play of astronauts on the moon could be possible through laser communications during future Artemis missions.

AI space biotech company shares with Space.com how a new research project in space will help benefit cancer patients on Earth.

Active sunspot AR3777 fired off the strongest of its three solar flares this week, sending another CME to impact Earth this weekend with a possible geomagnetic storm.

The first-ever "marine spaceport" is now complete and begins preparing for launches of balloons transporting tourists to the edge of space.