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Why much of the U.S. has had Earth’s most unusually cold air this winter
The polar vortex has taken on an unexpected pattern this winter - one that’s made part of the United States the most ...
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Why the U.S. has been home to Earth’s most unusually cold air this year
The United States has been at the epicenter of the planet’s most unusually cold conditions early in 2025. The polar vortex is to blame.
How Delhi's Jantar Mantar read the cosmos
The Jantar Mantar has three instruments built by Sawai Jai Singh to observe celestial coordinates. Ahead of its restoration, ...
The Disastrous North Pole Balloon Mission of 1897
Swedish engineer Salomon August Andrée and two companions wanted to fly a hydrogen balloon over the North Pole. Their Arctic ...
Space.com3d
7 planets are aligned in the night sky right now. But what's that mean for science?
In January 2025, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all visible in the night sky. And in February, 2025, ...
Meet the first man to trek to Earth’s ‘three Poles’ – and survive
As Erling Kagge relates in his thrilling book, The North Pole, the world’s northernmost point has been a lifelong and nearly ...
What is a polar vortex? US gets a taste of the Arctic this week
"polar vortex" usually refers to the gigantic circular upper air weather pattern in the Arctic region, enveloping the North ...
Science Friday4d
Might Uranus And Neptune Have Deep, Multi-Layer Oceans?
Non-mixing layers of water and hydrocarbons thousands of miles deep could explain the icy planets’ strange magnetic fields.
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Magnetic North’s Slowdown: What the 2025 Model Reveals
Earth’s magnetic north pole is on the move—and in surprising ways. With the release of the World Magnetic Model 2025, ...
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Sea ice hits historic low as temperatures soar near North Pole
Satellite data shows the Earth’s frozen oceans have less ice than ever recorded before.The ice in the Arctic and Antarctic plays a crucial role in regulating Earth’s temperature by reflecting the ...