September 10th, 2017 The wind, rain and storm surge of a hurricane can be incredibly destructive to those of us on shore, and the processes that build them are no less disruptive to the oceans that build them.
August 22nd, 2017 In 2008, the Phoenix lander spotted some unexpected weather on Mars.
July 4th, 2017 In their ongoing quest to understand Martian water, scientists are now suggesting that the Red Planet was once heated by a planetary Dutch Oven.
March 29th, 2017 In 2005, the Cassini spacecraft launched the Huygens probe on a one-way trip to Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.
April 24th, 2016 My kids’ first concept of lightning was an ancient one.
February 18th, 2016 My first grader recently asked if snow angels were real.
January 27th, 2016 As the Moon orbits the Earth, it exerts gravitational forces strong enough to move the less-solid bits around, leading to movements of material that rise and fall on a daily basis.
December 23rd, 2015 The person who sparked the idea that “no two snowflakes are alike” was not a trained meteorologist or physicist, but a farmer.
December 21st, 2015 In addition to counting down to Christmas, my first grader has been diligently reminding us about when winter really starts.
October 4th, 2015 One of the problems with natural disasters like a hurricane is that they can turn any and all of your surroundings into a potential threat.