The new research comes after a decade of exploration by NASA's MAVEN mission shows evidence of an escape process known as "sputtering," during which atoms are knocked out of the atmosphere by what are known as "charge particles.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After a quiet stretch during much of 2024, wildfire smoke from Canada is once again drifting into the United States. This time, AccuWeather meteorologists say that smoke will drift through parts of the Midwest over several days and can be thick enough in some areas to raise health and travel concerns. Also, AccuWeather meteorologists are homing in on potential tropical development in the Atlantic during the second week of June in waters from the Caribbean to the Gulf. Learn more about your ad ch...
Tropical Storm Alvin continues to move northward over the eastern Pacific and is expected to bring downpours to northwestern Mexico on Saturday. Also, a massive landslide thundered down a mountainside in Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying a village and burying homes under rocks, mud and water. At least one person is missing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The hottest weather of the season so far is on the way for many places across the interior West as the first heat wave of the season looms. But, how long will the heat last? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Forecasters are monitoring multiple zones near the southern U.S. and Central America for potential tropical development in early June, as hurricane season kicks off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This distant snapshot of the two galaxies in the process of merging into one large galaxy is about 11 billion light-years away. The observations provide a rare look into earlier times in the universe, when star formation and galaxy mergers were more common. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The severe weather siege will continue across the South Central states right through the extended holiday weekend, AccuWeather meteorologists say. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
While the West will be best, and some may shiver in the Northeast, dangerous conditions from flash flooding and severe thunderstorms will lurk from the southern Plains to the interior Southeast on Memorial Day. Plus, AccuWeather meteorologists are keeping an eye on possible tropical development in the Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
An ominous green sky is often associated with severe weather, but not every storm causes the sky to change colors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How many hurricanes will there be this year? Will this season be worse than 2024? AccuWeather meteorologists have the answers to these questions and more ahead of the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season on June 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Memorial Day weekend rain, storms to riddle northern Rockies to Gulf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
At least 19 people have died across the state, with 17 fatalities reported in Laurel County, one in Pulaski County and another in Russell County, according to Governor Andy Beshear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tornadoes and flooding will be among the hazards that threaten more than a dozen states as a new outbreak of severe weather looms early in the week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A new round of severe weather turned deadly on Friday with multiple tornadoes tearing across the central United States, including one that prompted an urgent and rare tornado emergency in Illinois. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After a small lull in severe weather on Sunday, conditions may once again turn dangerous for many over the central United States by early next week. Also, Scientists using weather radar tracked 720 million birds in flight in the U.S. as they migrated northward across the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Parts of The Everglades have run dry as Florida suffers its worst drought since 2012, shuttering parts of local businesses and causing fish kills. Also, Dry conditions and, more recently, a surge of extreme heat contributed to wildfires in parts of the north-central United States. However, AccuWeather meteorologists say that some relief is on the way--at least in the shorter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After somewhat of a lull in tornado activity in recent days, that threat may kick into high gear starting late this week over part of the central United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When looking at climate's effect on tornadoes, recent research has examined raw numbers, tornado strengths, and the location of Tornado Alley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Severe weather will continue in the Southeast and northern Rockies in the short term, then expand and shift to a large part of the Central and Eastern states as the week progresses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Record levels of Sargassum in the Atlantic may pile up on Florida and the Gulf Coast this summer. Plus, a few dry days on the way for the Northeast, hot weather will arrive in Southern California and the Central US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rain will pour down for days in parts of the southeastern United States into next week and that could go well beyond being beneficial for drought--flooding problems may ramp up; a mysterious, dark smoke ring was seen over Kansas on Monday, but scientists say smoke rings like this are usually man-made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The 2025 tornado season has been the worst since 2011, with most of the tornadoes tracking through two states. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The first tropical storm of the year could spin up later in May before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season begins on Sunday, June 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kosmos 482 was launched in 1972, but will soon make an uncontrolled return to Earth. Here's where the defunct spacecraft may crash land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is about to peak, and will be sparked by debris from Halley's Comet -- one of the most well-known celestial objects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
AccuWeather's 2025 U.S. summer forecast, calls for frequent heat and worsening drought across a large area of the country. Meanwhile, millions will face a summer of thunderstorms and a looming tropical threat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rain and snow are returning to California and parts of the West, but significant drought relief remains unlikely for many areas in need. Also, it's the brightest time of the year across the Northern Hemisphere as solar summer is underway. Here's how it differs from meteorological and astronomical summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Severe weather will persist day after day this week, threatening lives and property across more than a dozen states from the Plains to the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts. Also, A Florida man is being called a hero after swimming into a gator-inhabited lake to rescue a struggling bald eagle — and the dramatic moment was caught on camera. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A shift in the weather pattern and a trio of astronomy events will make May a great month for stargazing, starting with a meteor shower on May 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Did you buy and plant flowers and vegetables yet in the Northeast? You may need to keep a close eye on the chilly nights ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
