Winter storms create many hazards, from slick ice to freezing temperatures. People often underestimate how quickly conditions ...

WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Amelia Park Children’s Museum in Westfield hosted its 21st annual Penguin Plunge on Saturday. Participants jumped into icy water to raise money for the museum, which ...

Throughout the storm, the snow is expected to be heavy and wet, and could come down as quickly as 2 inches per hour for many ...

Far beyond Neptune, at the cold edge of our solar system, millions of icy objects drift quietly in a region called the Kuiper ...

Questions remain, but authorities recommended no travel in the backcountry Tuesday with conditions so dangerous.

Scientists have uncovered a link between a mysterious burst of red-stained water in Antarctica and a drop in the glacier sitting above it. The Blood Falls in Antarctica are a unique feature found at ...

A mechanical “computer” pulled from a 2,000-year-old shipwreck. Iron pipes allegedly forged 150,000 years ago. A natural nuclear reactor that ran nearly 2 billion years before modern science. These so ...

From start to finish, the bubble freezing process is kid-friendly. In a small container, stir together a cup of warm water, 2 ½ tablespoons of corn syrup, 2 tablespoons of sugar, and 2 ½ tablespoons ...

Speed skater Erin Jackson described carrying the flag for her country as a “really special” and emotional moment during a ...

Astronomers have puzzled for years over a strange pattern in the outer solar system. A surprising number of icy bodies far beyond Neptune resemble snowmen, made of two rounded lobes stuck together.

This combination of an unstable base below a thick layer of unconsolidated fresh snow is one of the most dangerous causes of ...