A Coronal Mass Ejection Just Slammed Into Earth’s Magnetosphere — Here’s Where You’ll See the Auroras

Sjoerd van der Wal/Getty Images News/Getty Images Today’s aurora alert proves the Sun is more dynamic than many may realize. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center announced today that the Sun had successfully triggered...

Mind-Bending: The Hottest Day On Earth On Record Was Broken Twice Last Week

— David Petrus Ibars/E+/Getty Images In the past week, Earth’s record for the hottest day was broken twice. Sunday, July 21, was declared Earth’s hottest day since records began when the average surface temperature reached 17.09°C. On Monday, the record fell again,...